Elevated hypercoagulability markers in hemoglobin SC disease
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Elevated hypercoagulability markers in hemoglobin SC disease.
Hemoglobin SC disease is a very prevalent hemoglobinopathy; however, very little is known about this condition specifically. There appears to be an increased risk of thromboembolic events in hemoglobin SC disease, but studies evaluating the hemostatic alterations are lacking. We describe the findings of a cross-sectional observational study evaluating coagulation activation markers in adult pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Haematologica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0390-6078,1592-8721
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2014.114587