Sickle cell anemia: iron availability and nocturnal oximetry.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that low iron availability, measured as transferrin saturation, is associated with low nocturnal hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) in children with homozygous sickle cell anemia (SCA; hemoglobin SS). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of Tanzanian c...

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Main Authors: Cox, SE, L'Esperance, V, Makani, J, Soka, D, Prentice, A, Hill, C, Kirkham, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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