Epidemiology and disease burden of sickle cell disease in France: A descriptive study based on a French nationwide claim database.

<h4>Context</h4>Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe hematological disorder. The most common acute complication of SCD is vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), but SCD is a systemic disease potentially involving all organs. SCD prevalence estimates rely mostly on extrapolations from incidence-ba...

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Main Authors: Henri Leleu, Jean Benoit Arlet, Anoosha Habibi, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Mehdi Khellaf, Yolande Adjibi, France Pirenne, Marine Pitel, Anna Granghaud, Cynthia Sinniah, Mariane De Montalembert, Frédéric Galacteros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253986