Gender-Related Differences in Sickle Cell Disease in a Pediatric Cohort: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Gender-Related Differences in Sickle Cell Disease in a Pediatric Cohort: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common monogenic disease worldwide. The incidence of SCD is not strictly gender-related as it is transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder. In particular, the gender-related differences in pediatric SCD are not well-characterized. To address this mat...

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Main Authors: Giulia Ceglie, Margherita Di Mauro, Isabella Tarissi De Jacobis, Francesca de Gennaro, Martina Quaranta, Carlo Baronci, Alberto Villani, Giuseppe Palumbo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Subjects:
sickle-cell disease
gender medicine
pediatric anemia
hemoglobinopathies
drepanocytosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmolb.2019.00140/full

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