Blood transfusion for preventing primary and secondary stroke in people with sickle cell disease.
Background<br/> Sickle cell disease is one of the commonest severe monogenic disorders in the world, due to the inheritance of two abnormal haemoglobin (beta globin) genes. Sickle cell disease can cause severe pain, significant end-organ damage, pulmonary complications, and premature death. S...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Cochrane Collaboration
2017
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