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Liver transplantation for sickle cell hepatopathy

✍ Scribed by Lawrence S. Friedman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 61 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21031

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✦ Synopsis

Homozygous sickle cell anemia, or sickle cell disease (SCD), affects an estimated 1 in 600 African American children. 1 Hepatomegaly and liver biochemical abnormalities are nearly universal in affected persons; most

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