Blood pressure in children with sickle cell disease is higher than in the general pediatric population
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease that may be due to a variety of possible risk factors, including abnormal blood pressure. Blood pressure (BP) of children and adolescents with SCD has been reported to be lower compared to th...
Main Authors: | Juan C. Kupferman, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Marc B. Lande, Stella Stabouli, Yongsheng Wang, Daniella Forman, Dimitrios I. Zafeiriou, Steven G. Pavlakis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-09-01
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Series: | BMC Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03584-9 |
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