Abstract
Painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) represents the most frequent complication encountered by SCA patients. In animal models, increased red blood cell (RBC) adhesion to the endothelium has been demonstrated to initiate VOC by increasing the transit time of RBC through the microcirculation, predisposing them to sickle and occlude the vessels (Kaul et al.,
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