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. 2000 Jan;136(1):80-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(00)90054-4.

Gallstones in sickle cell disease: observations from The Jamaican Cohort study

T M Walker  1 , I R Hambleton, G R Serjeant
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Gallstones in sickle cell disease: observations from The Jamaican Cohort study

T M Walker et al. J Pediatr. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

The prevalence, incidence, risk factors, clinical associations, and morbidity of gallstones were studied in 311 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease and 167 patients with sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease in a cohort study from birth. Gallstones developed in 96 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease and 18 patients with sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease; specific symptoms necessitating cholecystectomy occurred in only 7 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.

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