EVALUATION OF THE LEUKOCYTE INDEX IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA WITH THE USE OF HYDROXYUREA
Objectives: The term sickle cell disease (SCD) is used to describe a group of genetic disorders in which there is a predominance of HbS, a variant hemoglobin originated from a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) responsible for the exchange of a glutamic acid by valine in position 6 of ß-globin cha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137921001838 |