Sexuality and sickle cell anemia

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease, the most common hereditary blood disease in the world, is the result of an atypical hemoglobin called S (Hb S) which, when homozygous (Hb SS) is the cause of sickle cell anemia. Changes of puberty, correlated with a delayed growth spurt, begin late in both male and f...

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Main Authors: Viviane de Almeida Côbo, Cibele Alves Chapadeiro, João Batista Ribeiro, Helio Moraes-Souza, Paulo Roberto Juliano Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842013000200008