Climate and painful crisis of sickle-cell disease in Jamaica.
- 10 January 1976
- Vol. 1 (6001) , 66-68
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6001.66
Abstract
In a 10-year retrospective study a close correlation was found between low temperatures and hospital admissions for severe painful crises of sickle-cell disease.Keywords
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