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SUBMITTER: Forni GL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230640 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forni Gian Luca GL Finco Gabriele G Graziadei Giovanna G Balocco Manuela M Rigano Paolo P Perrotta Silverio S Olivieri Oliviero O Cappellini Maria Domenica MD De Franceschi Lucia L
Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20140623
Sickle cell disease (SCD ORPHA232; OMIM 603903) is a rare hereditary red cell disorder, which global distribution is changed in the last decade due to immigration-fluxes from endemic areas to Western-countries. One of the main clinical manifestations of SCD are the acute painful vaso-occlusive crisis, which cause frequent accesses of SCD patients to the emergency departments (EDs). This has generated the requirement of feasible tools for emergency givers. In the context of the scientific-Italian ...[more]