Drugs for preventing red blood cell dehydration in people with sickle cell disease

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Singh, P C ^b   Ballas, Samir K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia, sickle cell *blood ; Antisickling agents *therapeutic use ; Dehydration *prevention control ; Erythrocytes *drug effects ; Piracetam therapeutic use ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM; PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE DEHYDRATION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 44949234698     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003426.pub2     Document Type: Review

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