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Sickle Cell Research: A Brief History<br />

Outside the Centers<br />

• 1983: PROPS, PROPS II<br />

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NHLBI funded multi-center study <strong>of</strong> prophylactic<br />

penicillin<br />

Stopped early because <strong>of</strong> definitive outcomes<br />

Established prophylaxis as standard <strong>of</strong> care<br />

and led to SCD specific guidelines for later<br />

immunizations

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