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SUBMITTER: Roy NB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544118 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roy Noemi Ba NB Fortin Patricia M PM Bull Katherine R KR Doree Carolyn C Trivella Marialena M Hopewell Sally S Estcourt Lise J LJ
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20170703
<h4>Background</h4>Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the commonest severe monogenic disorders in the world, due to the inheritance of two abnormal haemoglobin (beta-globin) genes. SCD can cause severe pain, significant end-organ damage, pulmonary complications, and premature death. Kidney disease is a frequent and potentially severe complication in people with SCD.Chronic kidney disease is defined as abnormalities of kidney structure or function, present for more than three months. Sickle cell ...[more]