Hydroxyurea treatment does not increase blood viscosity and improves red blood cell rheology in sickle cell anemia

Haematologica. 2015 Oct;100(10):e383-6. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.130435. Epub 2015 Jul 2.
No abstract available

Keywords: haemorheology; hydroxyurea; sickle cell disease.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / drug therapy*
  • Antisickling Agents / pharmacology
  • Antisickling Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Viscosity / drug effects*
  • Erythrocyte Deformability / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Hematocrit
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyurea / pharmacology*
  • Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Antisickling Agents
  • Hydroxyurea