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. 2020 Apr;189(1):e27-e30.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.16421. Epub 2020 Feb 26.

Attention difficulties are associated with lower engagement in adult care amongst youth with sickle cell disease

Jeanelle S Ali  1 , Frank Andrasik  2 , Kristoffer S Berlin  2 , Jerlym Porter  1 , Jane Hankins  3 , Sheila Anderson  3 , Jane E Schreiber  4   5
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Attention difficulties are associated with lower engagement in adult care amongst youth with sickle cell disease

Jeanelle S Ali et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: adolescents; attention; executive functioning; sickle cell disease; transfer.

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