Hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease

References

Citations

1. Steinberg MH, et al. (2003). Effects of hydroxyurea on mortality and morbidity in adult sickle cell anemia. JAMA, 289(13): 1645–1651.

2. DeBaun MR, Vichinsky E (2007). Hemoglobinopathies. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 2025–2038. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: December 9, 2008
Medical Review:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Martin Steinberg, MD - Hematology
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