COVID-19 and Sickle Cell Disease: a new challenging dilemma in an old disease

• Main Authors: Manuela Freire Hazin-Costa (Author), Maria Suely Medeiros Correa (Author), Ana Laura Carneiro Gomes Ferreira (Author), Evelyne Nascimento Pedrosa (Author), Flavia Anchielle Carvalho da Silva (Author), Ariani Impieri Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The authors bring reflections about people with sickle cell disease in the pandemic era. They comment on some common clinical situations in these two diseases which may delay or confuse the diagnosis of COVID-19 in patients with sickle cell disease. We consider that people with sickle cell...