Social determinants of neurocognitive and academic performance in sickle cell disease.
Andrew M HeitzerVictoria I OkhominaAna TrpchevskaErin MacArthurJennifer N LongoriaBrian PotterDarcy RachesAyanna JohnsonJerlym S PorterGuolian KangJane Silva HankinsPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2023)
This study identified patients with SCD at higher risk of poor academic performance based on SES. Interventions addressing academic difficulties should be offered to all children with SCD, but should be emergently offered to this subpopulation.