Increased Reticulocytosis during Infancy Is Associated with Increased Hospitalizations in Sickle Cell Anemia Patients during the First Three Years of Life

• Emily Riehm Meier,

  Affiliations Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Colleen Byrnes,

  Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Y. Terry Lee,

  Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Elizabeth C. Wright,

  Affiliation Office of the Director, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Alan N. Schechter,

  Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Naomi L. C. Luban,

  Affiliations Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Jeffery L. Miller

  * E-mail: jm7f@nih.gov

  Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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