Left ventricular hypertrophy in children, adolescents and young adults with sickle cell anemia

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to estimate the frequency of left ventricular hypertrophy and to identify variables associated with this condition in under 25-year-old patients with sickle cell anemia.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed of children, adolescents and young adults wit...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Baptista de Almeida Faro, Osvaldo Alves Menezes-Neto, Geodete Santos Batista, Antônio Pereira Silva-Neto, Rosana Cipolotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000500324&lng=en&tlng=en