Dental and periodontal health status of subjects with sickle cell disease

• Главные авторы: Esra Guzeldemir (Автор), Hilal Uslu Toygar (Автор), Can Boga (Автор), Ulkem Cilasun (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Elsevier, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background/purpose: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, hereditary, autosomal recessive disorder. The pathophysiology of SCD is thought to result from polymerization of hemoglobin S in red blood cells under hypoxic conditions, which results in vaso-occlusion. The aim of this study was to determi...