Elevated Steady State WBC and Platelet Counts Are Associated with Frequent Emergency Room Use in Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia

• Susanna A. Curtis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

  * E-mail: susanna.curtis@yale.edu

  Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Neeraja Danda ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Zipora Etzion ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Hillel W. Cohen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Henny H. Billett

  Contributed equally to this work with: Susanna A. Curtis, Hillel W. Cohen, Henny H. Billett

  Affiliation Division of Hematology, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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