Hydroxyurea and sodium phenylbutyrate th
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Hoppe, Carolyn; Vichinsky, Elliott; Lewis, Bradley; Foote, Dru; Styles, Lori
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Hydroxyurea (HU) and sodium phenylbutyrate (SPB) have been shown to increase fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) levels in patients with thalassemia intermedia. The reported effects of these agents in increasing total Hb, however, have been inconsistent and there have been no studies on the combination of these