תאריך: 31/12/2013
KEY POINTS
- SCD affects the entire body, beginning in very early infancy, and a multidisciplinary team is needed to care for children with SCD.
- Some forms of SCD-related morbidity, such as overt stroke, are decreasing owing to prognostic and therapeutic advancements.
- Primary prevention of organ injury is an important focus of current research.
- Almost all children born with SCD in developed nations now survive to adulthood, but the transition to adult medical care is a high-risk period for death.
Pediatr Clin N Am 60 (2013) 1363–1381 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2013.09.006
