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Child rights and the necessity for an Optional Protocol for the Protection of Children in Armed Conflicts by Goldhagen, Jeffrey, Adamkiewicz, Tom

“…In 2002 the Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court to complement national courts in litigating individuals that commit grave crimes, such as…”
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Mitigating Armed Conflict Casualties in Children by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Goldhagen, Jeffrey

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Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with sickle cell disease: Review of four-center experience by Adamkiewicz, Tom V., Szabolcs, Paul, Haight, Ann, Baker, K. Scott, Staba, Susan, Kedar, Amos, Chiang, K. Y., Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan, Boyer, Michael W., Kurtzberg, Joan, Wagner, John E., Wingard, John R., Yeager, Andrew M.

“…:  UCBT was performed in seven children with SCD and stroke (HLA match 4/6 n = 5; 5/6 n = 2). Four received myeloablative regimens (BU, CY, ATG plus FLU in one…”
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Hemoglobin Levels Vary in Infants in Relation in Occurrence of Influenza Virus Infections by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Dada, Omolaya, O'Neil, Patrick, Wong, Erica, Tran, McKinley

“…Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) screening in children, and its treatment is standard in general pediatrics. IDA has been linked to developmental concerns…”
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Population-Based Surveillance of Pneumococcal Infections in Children with Sickle Cell Disease before and after Prevnar 7® and Prevnar 13® Licensure: Implications for Expanded Vaccination by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Thomas, Stephanie, Tunali, Amy, Lai, Kristina, Yee, Marianne McPherson, Yildirim, Inci, Lane, Peter, Omole, Folashade, Farley, Monica M.

“…Before prophylactic antibiotic use, approximately 1/10 children <5 years old with sickle cell disease (SCD) developed invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) with…”
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Quality of Care Indicators in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): Influenza Vaccination and Routine Eye Examination Are Associated with Outpatient Utilization but Not Acute Hospital Care, Whereas Comorbidity Indexes Are Strongly Associated with Both by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Baltrus, Peter, Li, Chaohua, Carter-Wicker, Kitty, Gaglioti, Anne

“…Although SCD-related mortality has improved over the last 3 decades, mortality from acute pulmonary causes remains relatively unchanged.(Payne, 2017)Acute…”
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Are OSCE Standardized Patients with Actual Sickle Cell Disease More Believable and Beneficial Than Actors Portraying Same Scenarios? by Carter-Wicker, Kitty, Utuama, Ovie, Utuama, Ona, Adamkiewicz, Tom, Johnson, Khadeja, Hall, Janice

“…Standardized patients (SPs) and “objective structured clinical examination” (OSCE) have been utilized to teach medical and allied health professional students…”
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) As a Risk for COVI19 Compared to Those without SCD Among Patients Admitted in a Large Urban Center, As Estimated By PCR Sars-v-2 Positive Vs Negative Testing by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Mubasher, Mohamed, Omole, Folashade, Echols, Melvin R., Payne, Jason, Leak-Johnson, Tennille, Morgan-Billingslea, Jan, Pines, Kathy, Sundal, Deborah A., Krebs, Shira, Chang, Eric, Afranie-Sakyi, Jennifer A, Flenaugh, Eric, Volcy, Judith, Garcia, Marlene, Tewolde, Teclemichael, Driss, Adel, Gbinigie, Olusola, Evans, Chad, Harvey, Marques, Alema-Mensah, Ernest, Bryan, Dennis, Majett, Charlye D., Taylor, Herman Alfred

“…A diagnosis of SCD is considered to be at risk for COVD19. To further define the association between SCD and infection with COVID-19, we estimated risk, by…”
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Sickle Cell Disease: Challenges and Comfort in Providing Care By Family Physicians by Utuama, Onameyore, Carter-Wicker, Kitty, Herbert, Jennifer, Gibson, Robert, Kutlar, Abdullah, Logan, Ayaba, Kabongo, Mbuyi Madeleine, Adamkiewicz, Tom

“…Young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) are 3 times more likely to die than their pediatric population. Transition into adulthood, limited access to…”
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Determinants Of Mortality and Survival In Children With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) In Sub Saharan Africa by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Driss, Adel, Hyacinth, Hyacinth I, Hibbert, Jacqueline, Stiles, Jonathan K

“…In Africa, the natural history of SCD is often assumed to be same to the African Diaspora in the US, Jamaica, Europe or Latin America. Yet the environment can…”
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Outpatient Visits, Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease On Medicaid: Trends in 14 USA States, 2006–2007 by Ansa, Benjamin, Adamkiewicz, Tom, Fry-Johnson, Yvonne, Strayhorn, Gregory, Moore, Barbara, Rust, George S

“…Abstract 3181 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hematological disorder affecting 90,000–100,000 Americans. Public insurance accounts for the major…”
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Human Platelet Alloantigens (HPA)1, HPA2 and HPA3 SNPs in Tunisian Sickle Cell Disease Patients by Driss, Adel, Kacem, Karima, Wilson, Nana, Hibbert, Jacqueline, Adamkiewicz, Tom, Gee, Beatrice E, Meddeb, Balkis, Stiles, Jonathan K

“…Abstract 4852 Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a complex disease with various complications such as stroke, vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), acute chest syndrome and…”
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Plasma Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor and Platelet Derived Growth Factor Levels Are Elevated in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia and Abnormal Transcranial Doppler and/or Stroke by Hyacinth, Hyacinth I, Gee, Beatrice E, Adamkiewicz, Tom, Adams, Robert J., Kutlar, Abdullah, Stiles, Jonathan K, Hibbert, Jacqueline M

“…Abstract 516 Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are at increased risk for stroke due to abnormal cerebral blood flow (CBF). The Stroke Prevention (STOP I)…”
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Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): US Centers Experience by Adamkiewicz, Tom V., Haight, Ann, Mazur, Melissa A., Baker, K. Scott, Szabolcs, Paul, Kedar, Amos, Chiang, K.Y., Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan, Wagner, John E., Wingard, John R., Yeager, Andrew M.

“…UCBT may be curative in patients (pts) with high-risk SCD. Unrelated cord blood units matched at >4/6 HLA are acceptable for UCBTs and available to most pts…”
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Serum Ferritin in Children with Sickle Cell Disease on Chronic Transfusion: Measure of Iron Overload or End Organ Injury? STOP/STOP II Liver Iron Ancillary Study by Adamkiewicz, Tom, Abboud, Miguel R., Barredo, Julio C., Kirby-Allen, Melanie, Alvarez, Ofelia A., Casella, James F., Iyer, Rathi V., McKie, Virgil, Woods, Gerald Milton, Kutlar, Abdullah, Paley, Carole, Peterson, Jessica, Rackoff, Elizabeth, Merelles-Pulcini, Manuela, Dackiw, Elizabeth, Stegenga, Kristin, Odo, Nadine, Lou, Mimi, Adams, Robert J.

“…Between 1995 and 2004, two NIH-sponsored studies (STOP/STOP II) showed that children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and abnormal transcranial Doppler blood…”
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