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US 4,904,678 AGranted
Sickle cell anemia control
AssigneeJerome J. Norris
InventorOji A. Chima
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Abstract
Method of providing anti-sickling of red blood cells in sickle cell anemia patients without hemolyzing said cells, using thiocyanates alone, or together with Vitamin B.sub.6.
Claims7
A method of providing anti-sickling of red blood cells in sickle cell anemia patients without hemolyzing the cells comprising, administering in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle an anti-sickling, non-hemolyzing amount of thiocyanate selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and an ammonium salt until the Hbss relative solubility ratio is at least 1.200 in the deoxygenated hemoglobin-S.
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