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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Anemia • Hematology • Sickle Cell • Pediatric Hematology • Benign Hematology
Is an elevated CRP an expected finding in an otherwise healthy patient with hemoglobin S - alpha thalassemia?
CRP 39 mg/L (normal < 10) and normal ESR
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If you Google "CRP levels in sickle cell disease", you will find a number of articles reporting that CRP levels are chronically elevated in many patients with SCD. This undoubtedly reflects the chronic inflammatory state that is part of the clinical milieu of SCD. Patients with Sickle - alpha thalas...
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