during sickle-cell crisis em e ly ati re e ed ep relative renal hypoxia triggered by repeated vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) are currently considered critical key factors deprivation during I-R injury [10]. However, clinical demonstration that the kidneys are a major I-R site Audard et al. Orphanet

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