Children with sickle cell disease receiving inadequate care

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:56 in Health & Medicine

A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease (SCD) are receiving inadequate healthcare, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study, published in Pediatric Blood and Cancer, finds that the patients, mostly African Americans, often lack insurance or access to specialised sickle cell centres for treatment...

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