Sickle-cell disease is not a reportable condition, making it difficult to ascertain the number of affected individuals. We estimated the number of people with sickle-cell disease for the United States and each individual state, adjusting for increased mortality. US Census population data for each of
Enhanced platelet reactivity and hypercoagulability in the steady state of sickle cell anaemia
β Scribed by Dr. S. I. Berney; C. D. Ridler; A. D. Stephens; A. E. Thomas; I. B. Kovacs
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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