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Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease.

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We wanted to determine if there were any safe and effective interventions that prevent silent strokes (also known as silent cerebral infarcts) in people with sickle cell disease (SCD).

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SCD is a serious inherited blood disorder where the red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body, develop abnormally. Normal red blood cells are flexible and disc-shaped, but in sickle cell disease they can become rigid and crescent shaped. Sickled ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD012389.pub2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Clinical Laboratory Sciences
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Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
5
Pages:
CD012389
Publication date:
2017-05-13
Acceptance date:
2017-05-09
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ISSN:
1469-493X


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:695517
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uuid:b3819a6b-f870-4bdb-837b-3e3c0a734680
Local pid:
pubs:695517
Source identifiers:
695517
Deposit date:
2017-05-17

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