internal medicine haematology internal medicine haematology
| Sickle cell crisis |
| Prevalence Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Give stilbestrol 5 mg orally daily to patients with frequent attacks a 
Why? Stilboestrol stops stuttering priapism in patients with more than 2 attacks a week
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Expiry date: May 2004
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of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Author | CM Ball, RS Phillips |
| Reviewer | G Serjeant |
| CAT Writer | CM Ball, N Shenker |