Severe Painful Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Mortality in a Contemporary Adult Sickle Cell Anemia Cohort Study

Deepika S. Darbari; Zhengyuan Wang; Minjung Kwak; Mariana Hildesheim; James Nichols; Darlene Allen; Catherine Seamon; Marlene Peters-Lawrence; Anna Conrey; Mary K. Hall; Gregory J. Kato; James G. Taylor VI

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079923

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Severe Painful Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Mortality in a Contemporary Adult Sickle Cell Anemia Cohort Study

Deepika S. Darbari,

Affiliations Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, United States of America, Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Zhengyuan Wang,

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Minjung Kwak,

Affiliation Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mariana Hildesheim,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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James Nichols,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Darlene Allen,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Catherine Seamon,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Marlene Peters-Lawrence,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Anna Conrey,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mary K. Hall,

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Gregory J. Kato,

Affiliation Sickle Cell Disease Vascular Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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James G. Taylor VI

* E-mail: jamesta@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Severe Painful Vaso-Occlusive Crises and Mortality in a Contemporary Adult Sickle Cell Anemia Cohort Study

Deepika S. Darbari,
Zhengyuan Wang,
Minjung Kwak,
Mariana Hildesheim,
James Nichols,
Darlene Allen,
Catherine Seamon,
Marlene Peters-Lawrence,
Anna Conrey,
Mary K. Hall

Published: November 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079923

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