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What hydroxyurea dose do you target for HbSC disease?

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Based on results reported recently, hydroxyurea at an average dose of 20.5 mg/kg/day appeared to reduce substantially the rate of acute painful episodes and other sickle cell disease-related events in both adults and children with HbSC disease (Dei-Adomakoh et al., PMID 39647172). Previous studies a...

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