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Title |
Blood transfusion for preventing primary and secondary stroke in people with sickle cell disease
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Published by |
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd003146.pub2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Wang, Winfred C, Dwan, Kerry |
Abstract |
In sickle cell disease, a common inherited haemoglobin disorder, abnormal haemoglobin distorts red blood cells, causing anaemia, vaso-occlusion and dysfunction in most body organs. Without intervention, stroke affects around 10% of children with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) and recurrence is likely. Chronic blood transfusion dilutes the sickled red blood cells, reducing the risk of vaso-occlusion and stroke. However, side effects can be severe. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 33% |
Spain | 1 | 6% |
India | 1 | 6% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 9 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 11 | 61% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 22% |
Scientists | 3 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 120 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 3% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 112 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 18 | 15% |
Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 9% |
Other | 8 | 7% |
Other | 27 | 23% |
Unknown | 27 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 42% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 8% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Other | 17 | 14% |
Unknown | 32 | 27% |