Sickle cell disease retinopathy: characterization among pediatric and teenage patients from northeastern Brazil

Objective: The aim of the present study was to characterize sickle cell disease retinopathy in children and teenagers from Bahia, the state in northeastern Brazil with the highest incidence and prevalence of sickle cell disease. Methods: A group of 51 sickle cell disease patients (36 hemoglobin SS...

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Main Authors: Dayse Cury de Almeida Oliveira, Magda O.S. Carvalho, Valma Maria Lopes do Nascimento, Flávia Silva Villas-Bôas, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Marilda Souza Goncalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000500340&lng=en&tlng=en