Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death
- 9 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (23), 1639-1644
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199406093302303
Abstract
Information on life expectancy and risk factors for early death among patients with sickle cell disease (sickle cell anemia, sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease, and the sickle cell-β-thalassemias) is needed to counsel patients, target therapy, and design clinical trials.Keywords
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