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Hodgkin lymphoma in a sickle cell anaemia child treated with hydroxyurea
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Antibiotic prevention of pneumococcal infections in asplenic hosts: admission of insufficiency
Asplenic and hyposplenic patients have an increased risk for overwhelming pneumococcal infections, even several decades after splenectomy. Pneumococcal vaccination and daily oral administration of penicillin V...
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Plasma Growth Hormone-Binding Protein and Liver Receptor in Thalassemic Patients
Children with thalassemia major often present with growth failure, the mechanism of which is not clear. They are not GH deficient but their plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGFI) activity is markedly reduced ...
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Gadolinium-DOTA enhanced MRI of painful osseous crises in children with sickle cell anemia
In order to evaluate the role of gadolinium-DOTA enhanced MRI in the management of painful osseous crises in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), nine children with SCA underwent MRI, bone scans and ultraso...
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Cerebrovascular accidents in sickle cell disease. Risk factors and blood transfusion influence
This study presents a series of 34 sickle cell patients with one or more cerebrovascular accidents (CVA). Risk factors were studied in a subgroup of 19 patients whose clinical and biological characteristics we...