Efficacy of fixed low dose hydroxyurea in Indian children with sickle cell anemia: A single centre experience

Autor:	Harshwardhan L. Jain, Amruta Gokhale, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Mohini Apte, Dipti L. Jain, Amol Bhandarwar, Roshan B. Colah, Vijaya Sarathi, Saumil Desai
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Male congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent India Anemia Sickle Cell Cohort Studies Antisickling Agents hemic and lymphatic diseases Pediatric surgery Fetal hemoglobin medicine Humans Hydroxyurea Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies Child Adverse effect Mean corpuscular volume Hematologic Tests medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Low dose medicine.disease Acute chest syndrome Sickle cell anemia Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cohort Female business
Zdroj:	Indian Pediatrics. 50:929-933
ISSN:	0974-7559 0019-6061
DOI:	10.1007/s13312-013-0264-0
Popis:	Data on the efficacy of hydroxyurea (HU) in Indian children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is limited. Hence, we have evaluated the efficacy of fixed low dose HU in Indian children. The study cohort consisted of 144 children (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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