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Steroid Hormones in Sickle-cell Disease

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Progesterone, testosterone and nor-androstenolone can inhibit the development of sickling in sickle cell disease, which they seem to do by stabilizing the membrane of the erythrocyte. This could be medically useful.

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    W. A. ISAACS & F. G. J. HAYHOE

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ISAACS, W., HAYHOE, F. Steroid Hormones in Sickle-cell Disease. Nature 215, 1139–1142 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151139a0

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