Endocrine and metabolic complications in children and adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease: an Italian cohort study.

V MandeseE BigiP BruzziG PalazziB PredieriL LucaccioniM CelliniLorenzo Lughetti

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)

Metabolic alterations and endocrine complications are very common in children and adolescents with SCD. A regular follow-up is necessary to identify subjects at risk for complications to precociously start an appropriate treatment and to improve the quality of life of SCD patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
risk factors
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported