Exclusion Criteria
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1. Presence of a pain crisis that prevents patient from engaging in normal activities. 2. Presence of acute infection, injury, surgery, asthmatic episode or other acute complication 3. Hemoglobin A only phenotype, hemoglobin S trait or hemoglobin C trait. 4. Less than three weeks has elapsed since hospitalization, ER visit, or Doctor's Office visit for pain crisis, acute chest syndrome, infection or other complication of SCD. |