Sickle cell retinopathy: A literature review

Summary Hemoglobinopathies are a group of hereditary diseases that cause quantitative or qualitative changes in the shape, function or synthesis of hemoglobin. One of the most common is sickle cell anemia, which, due to sickling of erythrocytes, causes vaso-occlusive phenomena. Among the possible oc...

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Main Authors: Marina Viegas Moura Rezende Ribeiro, João Vitor de Omena Jucá, Anna Luyza Correia dos Santos Alves, Caio Victor Oliveira Ferreira, Fabiano Timbó Barbosa, Êurica Adélia Nogueira Ribeiro
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Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302017001201100&lng=en&tlng=en