Iron deficiency decreases hemolysis in sickle cell anemia Anemia ferropriva diminui hemólise em anemia falciforme
A woman with homozygous sickle cell disease developed severe iron deficiency due to long-standing uterine bleeding. At this point, the serum lactic dehydrogenase level was normal and the reticulocyte count was only minimally elevated. This suggested that the low red cell hemoglobin concentration tha...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2009-02-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842009000100016 |