Bone marrow necrosis and fat embolism syndrome: a dreadful complication of hemoglobin sickle cell disease

• Main Authors: Eduardo Pelegrineti Targueta (Author), André Carramenha de Góes Hirano (Author), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), João Augusto dos Santos Martines (Author), Silvana Maria Lovisolo (Author), Aloisio Felipe-Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sickle cell disease encompasses a wide range of genotypic presentation with particular clinical features. The entity affects millions of people, particularly those whose ancestors came from sub-Saharan Africa and other countries in the Western Hemisphere, Saudi Arabia, and India. Currently, the high...