Resting blood lactate in individuals with sickle cell disease

BACKGROUND: The most common hereditary hemoglobin disorder, affecting 20 million individuals worldwide, is sickle cell disease. The vascular obstruction resulting from the sickling of cells in this disease can produce local hypoxemia, pain crises and infarction in several tissues, including the bone...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Petto, Jaqueline Brito de Jesus, Leila Monique Reis Vasques, Renata Leão Silva Pinheiro, Aila Mascarenhas Oliveira, Kelly Aparecida Borges Spinola, Wellington dos Santos Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842011000100010