Clinical, nutritional and family conditions of children with sickle cell disease followed up in a referral hematology center: a descriptive study

• Main Authors: Isabel Nascimento Santos (Author), Jorginete de Jesus Damião (Author), Ana Cecília Travassos Freitas (Author), Vanessa Monteiro Voll (Author), Cláudia dos Santos Cople Rodrigues (Author), Odaleia Barbosa de Aguiar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To describe the clinical, social and nutritional characteristics of children with sickle cell disease aged 5 to 9 years. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in 2015-2016 with a random sample of 190 children receiving care at a reference hematology hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....