Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania
Background Reduced growth is common in children with sickle cell anemia, but few data exist on associations with long-term clinical course. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition at enrolment into a hospital-based cohort and whether poor nutritional status predicted morbidity...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ferrata Storti Foundation
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Haematologica |
| Online Access: | https://haematologica.org/article/view/6023 |