Shannon Kelly, MD

  1. Israelyan N, Vege S, Friedman DF, Zhang Z, Uter S, Fasano RM, Yee M, Piccone C, Kelly S, Hankins JS, Zheng Y, Westhoff CM, Chou ST. RH genotypes and red cell alloimmunization rates in chronically transfused patients with sickle cell disease: A multisite study in the USA. Transfusion 2024. PMID: 38289184


  2. Kelly S. Logistics, risks, and benefits of automated red blood cell exchange for patients with sickle cell disease. Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program 2023. PMID: 38066846


  3. Cato LD, Li R, Lu HY, Yu F, Wissman M, Mkumbe BS, Ekwattanakit S, Deelen P, Mwita L, Sangeda RZ, Suksangpleng T, Riolueang S, Bronson PG, Paul DS, Kawabata E, Astle WJ, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Lopez de Lapuente Portilla A, Kang G, Zhang Y, Nouraie SM, Gordeuk VR, Gladwin MT, Garrett ME, Ashley-Koch A, Telen MJ, Custer B, Kelly S, Dinardo C, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Maximo C, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Mendez A, Hammerer-Lercher A, Sheehan VA, Weiss MJ, Franke L, Nilsson B, Butterworth AS, Viprakasit V, Nkya S, Sankaran VG. Genetic regulation of fetal hemoglobin across global populations. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 36993312


  4. Belis?rio AR, Sim?es E Silva AC, Moura ICG, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, M?ximo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DOW, Ozahata MC, Mota RA, Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Custer B, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component Brazil. Estimated glomerular filtration rate in Brazilian adults with sickle cell disease: results from the REDS-III multicenter cohort study. Annals of hematology 2023. PMID: 36884065


  5. Elliott J, Kelly SE, Bai Z, Skidmore B, Boucher M, So D, Wells GA. Extended dual antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention in clinically important patient subgroups: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ open 2023. PMID: 36750248


  6. Reis de Souza V, Kelly S, Cerdeira Sabino E, Mendes de Oliveira F, Silva T, Miranda Teixeira C, M?ximo C, Loureiro P, Barbara de Freitas Carneiro-Proietti A, Gomes I, Custer B, de Almeida-Neto C. Factors Associated with Leg Ulcers in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil. Advances in skin & wound care 2023. PMID: 36662043


  7. Earley EJ, Kelly S, Fang F, Alencar CS, Rodrigues DOW, Soares Cruz DT, Flanagan JM, Ware RE, Zhang X, Gordeuk V, Gladwin M, Zhang Y, Nouraie M, Nekhai S, Sabino E, Custer B, Dinardo C, Page GP, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) an. Genome-wide association study of early ischaemic stroke risk in Brazilian individuals with sickle cell disease implicates ADAMTS2 and CDK18 and uncovers novel loci. British journal of haematology 2023. PMID: 36602125


  8. Jang SK, Evans L, Fialkowski A, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Becker DM, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Jenkins BWC, Carson AP, Chavan S, Cupples LA, Custer B, Damrauer SM, David SP, de Andrade M, Dinardo CL, Fingerlin TE, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gharib SA, Glahn DC, Haessler J, Heckbert SR, Hokanson JE, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Hyman MC, Judy R, Justice AE, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kelly S, Kim W, Kooperberg C, Levy D, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Manichaikul AW, Gladwin MT, Martin LW, Nouraie M, Melander O, Meyers DA, Montgomery CG, North KE, Oelsner EC, Palmer ND, Payton M, Peljto AL, Peyser PA, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Qiao D, Rader DJ, Rafaels N, Redline S, Reed RM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Schwartz DA, Shadyab AH, Silverman EK, Smith NL, Smith JG, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tang W, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Vasan RS, Gordeuk VR, Wang Z, Wiggins KL, Yanek LR, Yang IV, Young KA, Young KL, Zhang Y, Liu DJ, Keller MC, Vrieze S. Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking. Nature human behaviour 2022. PMID: 35927319


  9. Flor-Park MV, Ozahata MC, Moura ICG, Blatyta P, Kelly S, Oliveira CDL, Capuani L, Belisário AR, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Araujo AS, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Sabino E, Custer B, Rocha V, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) International Component Brazil. Is Severity Score Associated With Indication for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Individuals With Sickle Cell Anemia? Transplantation and cellular therapy 2022. PMID: 35788087


  10. Josephson CD, Glynn S, Mathew S, Birch R, Bakkour S, Baumann Kreuziger L, Busch MP, Chapman K, Dinardo C, Hendrickson J, Hod EA, Kelly S, Luban N, Mast A, Norris P, Custer B, Sabino E, Sachais B, Spencer BR, Stone M, Kleinman S, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-. The Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P): A research program striving to improve blood donor safety and optimize transfusion outcomes across the lifespan. Transfusion 2022. PMID: 35441384


  11. Nakao T, Bick AG, Taub MA, Zekavat SM, Uddin MM, Niroula A, Carty CL, Lane J, Honigberg MC, Weinstock JS, Pampana A, Gibson CJ, Griffin GK, Clarke SL, Bhattacharya R, Assimes TL, Emery LS, Stilp AM, Wong Q, Broome J, Laurie CA, Khan AT, Smith AV, Blackwell TW, Codd V, Nelson CP, Yoneda ZT, Peralta JM, Bowden DW, Irvin MR, Boorgula M, Zhao W, Yanek LR, Wiggins KL, Hixson JE, Gu CC, Peloso GM, Roden DM, Reupena MS, Hwu CM, DeMeo DL, North KE, Kelly S, Musani SK, Bis JC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Johnsen JM, Preuss M, Tracy RP, Peyser PA, Qiao D, Desai P, Curran JE, Freedman BI, Tiwari HK, Chavan S, Smith JA, Smith NL, Kelly TN, Hidalgo B, Cupples LA, Weeks DE, Hawley NL, Minster RL, Samoan Obesity, Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations Study (OLaGA) Group, Deka R, Naseri TT, de Las Fuentes L, Raffield LM, Morrison AC, Vries PS, Ballantyne CM, Kenny EE, Rich SS, Whitsel EA, Cho MH, Shoemaker MB, Pace BS, Blangero J, Palmer ND, Mitchell BD, Shuldiner AR, Barnes KC, Redline S, Kardia SLR, Abecasis GR, Becker LC, Heckbert SR, He J, Post W, Arnett DK, Vasan RS, Darbar D, Weiss ST, McGarvey ST, de Andrade M, Chen YI, Kaplan RC, Meyers DA, Custer BS, Correa A, Psaty BM, Fornage M, Manson JE, Boerwinkle E, Konkle BA, Loos RJF, Rotter JI, Silverman EK, Kooperberg C, Danesh J, Samani NJ, Jaiswal S, Libby P, Ellinor PT, Pankratz N, Ebert BL, Reiner AP, Mathias RA, Do R, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Natarajan P. Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential. Science advances 2022. PMID: 35385311


  12. Liggett LA, Cato LD, Weinstock JS, Zhang Y, Nouraie SM, Gladwin MT, Garrett ME, Ashley-Koch A, Telen MJ, Custer B, Kelly S, Dinardo CL, Sabino EC, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Maximo C, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Reiner AP, Abecasis GR, Williams DA, Natarajan P, Bick AG, Sankaran VG. Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease. The Journal of clinical investigation 2022. PMID: 34990411


  13. Taub MA, Conomos MP, Keener R, Iyer KR, Weinstock JS, Yanek LR, Lane J, Miller-Fleming TW, Brody JA, Raffield LM, McHugh CP, Jain D, Gogarten SM, Laurie CA, Keramati A, Arvanitis M, Smith AV, Heavner B, Barwick L, Becker LC, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Burchard EG, Celed?n JC, Chang YPC, Custer B, Darbar D, de Las Fuentes L, DeMeo DL, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gladwin MT, Heckbert SR, Hidalgo BA, Irvin MR, Islam T, Johnson WC, Kaab S, Launer L, Lee J, Liu S, Moscati A, North KE, Peyser PA, Rafaels N, Seidman C, Weeks DE, Wen F, Wheeler MM, Williams LK, Yang IV, Zhao W, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Bowden DW, Cade BE, Chen Z, Cho MH, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Daya M, Deka R, Eng C, Fingerlin TE, Guo X, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Johnsen JM, Kenny EE, Levin AM, Liu C, Minster RL, Naseri T, Nouraie M, Reupena MS, Sabino EC, Smith JA, Smith NL, Su JL, Taylor JG, Telen MJ, Tiwari HK, Tracy RP, White MJ, Zhang Y, Wiggins KL, Weiss ST, Vasan RS, Taylor KD, Sinner MF, Silverman EK, Shoemaker MB, Sheu WH, Sciurba F, Schwartz DA, Rotter JI, Roden D, Redline S, Raby BA, Psaty BM, Peralta JM, Palmer ND, Nekhai S, Montgomery CG, Mitchell BD, Meyers DA, McGarvey ST, NHLBI CARE Network, Mak AC, Loos RJ, Kumar R, Kooperberg C, Konkle BA, Kelly S, Kardia SL, Kaplan R, He J, Gui H, Gilliland FD, Gelb BD, Fornage M, Ellinor PT, de Andrade M, Correa A, Chen YI, Boerwinkle E, Barnes KC, Ashley-Koch AE, Arnett DK, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Hematology and Hemostasis Working Group, TOPMed Structural Variation Working Group, Laurie CC, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Wilson JG, Rich SS, Levy D, Ruczinski I, Aviv A, Blackwell TW, Thornton T, O'Connell J, Cox NJ, Perry JA, Armanios M, Battle A, Pankratz N, Reiner AP, Mathias RA. Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed. Cell genomics 2022. PMID: 35530816


  14. Oetgen ME, Heyer JH, Kelly SM. Scoliosis Screening. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2021. PMID: 33475302


  15. Taliun D, Harris DN, Kessler MD, Carlson J, Szpiech ZA, Torres R, Taliun SAG, Corvelo A, Gogarten SM, Kang HM, Pitsillides AN, LeFaive J, Lee SB, Tian X, Browning BL, Das S, Emde AK, Clarke WE, Loesch DP, Shetty AC, Blackwell TW, Smith AV, Wong Q, Liu X, Conomos MP, Bobo DM, Aguet F, Albert C, Alonso A, Ardlie KG, Arking DE, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Barnard J, Barr RG, Barwick L, Becker LC, Beer RL, Benjamin EJ, Bielak LF, Blangero J, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Burchard EG, Cade BE, Casella JF, Chalazan B, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Cho MH, Choi SH, Chung MK, Clish CB, Correa A, Curran JE, Custer B, Darbar D, Daya M, de Andrade M, DeMeo DL, Dutcher SK, Ellinor PT, Emery LS, Eng C, Fatkin D, Fingerlin T, Forer L, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Fuchsberger C, Fullerton SM, Germer S, Gladwin MT, Gottlieb DJ, Guo X, Hall ME, He J, Heard-Costa NL, Heckbert SR, Irvin MR, Johnsen JM, Johnson AD, Kaplan R, Kardia SLR, Kelly T, Kelly S, Kenny EE, Kiel DP, Klemmer R, Konkle BA, Kooperberg C, K?ttgen A, Lange LA, Lasky-Su J, Levy D, Lin X, Lin KH, Liu C, Loos RJF, Garman L, Gerszten R, Lubitz SA, Lunetta KL, Mak ACY, Manichaikul A, Manning AK, Mathias RA, McManus DD, McGarvey ST, Meigs JB, Meyers DA, Mikulla JL, Minear MA, Mitchell BD, Mohanty S, Montasser ME, Montgomery C, Morrison AC, Murabito JM, Natale A, Natarajan P, Nelson SC, North KE, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Pankratz N, Peloso GM, Peyser PA, Pleiness J, Post WS, Psaty BM, Rao DC, Redline S, Reiner AP, Roden D, Rotter JI, Ruczinski I, Sarnowski C, Schoenherr S, Schwartz DA, Seo JS, Seshadri S, Sheehan VA, Sheu WH, Shoemaker MB, Smith NL, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, Stilp AM, Tang W, Taylor KD, Telen M, Thornton TA, Tracy RP, Van Den Berg DJ, Vasan RS, Viaud-Martinez KA, Vrieze S, Weeks DE, Weir BS, Weiss ST, Weng LC, Willer CJ, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Boerwinkle E, Gabriel S, Gibbs R, Rice KM, Rich SS, Silverman EK, Qasba P, Gan W, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Papanicolaou GJ, Nickerson DA, Browning SR, Zody MC, Z?llner S, Wilson JG, Cupples LA, Laurie CC, Jaquish CE, Hernandez RD, O'Connor TD, Abecasis GR. Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Nature 2021. PMID: 33568819


  16. Dinardo CL, Oliveira TGM, Kelly S, Ashley-Koch A, Telen M, Schmidt LC, Castilho S, Melo K, Dezan MR, Wheeler MM, Johnsen JM, Nickerson DA, Jain D, Custer B, Pereira AC, Sabino EC, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component-Brazil, the O. Diversity of variant alleles encoding Kidd, Duffy, and Kell antigens in individuals with sickle cell disease using whole genome sequencing data from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Transfusion 2020. PMID: 33231305


  17. Nunes K, Aguiar VRC, Silva M, Sena AC, de Oliveira DCM, Dinardo CL, Kehdy FSG, Tarazona-Santos E, Rocha VG, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Loureiro P, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Kelly S, Custer B, Weir BS, Sabino EC, Porto LC, Meyer D. How Ancestry Influences the Chances of Finding Unrelated Donors: An Investigation in Admixed Brazilians. Frontiers in immunology 2020. PMID: 33240273


  18. Belis?rio AR, Blatyta PF, Vivanco D, Oliveira CDL, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, de Almeida-Neto C, Loureiro P, M?ximo C, de Oliveira Garcia Mateos S, Flor-Park MV, de Oliveira Werneck Rodrigues D, Afonso Mota R, Gon?alez TT, Hoffmann TJ, Kelly S, Custer B, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) International Component Brazil. Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease. BMC infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32854639


  19. Kelly S, Rodeghier M, DeBaun MR. Automated exchange compared to manual and simple blood transfusion attenuates rise in ferritin level after 1 year of regular blood transfusion therapy in chronically transfused children with sickle cell disease. Transfusion 2020. PMID: 32812667


  20. Tricco AC, Garritty CM, Boulos L, Lockwood C, Wilson M, McGowan J, McCaul M, Hutton B, Clement F, Mittmann N, Devane D, Langlois EV, Abou-Setta AM, Houghton C, Glenton C, Kelly SE, Welch VA, LeBlanc A, Wells GA, Pham B, Lewin S, Straus SE. Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps. Journal of clinical epidemiology 2020. PMID: 32615209


  21. Kelly S, Belis?rio AR, Werneck Rodrigues DO, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Gon?alez TT, Loureiro P, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Mota RA, Dinardo C, Brambilla D, Preiss L, Sabino E, Custer B, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component-Brazil. Blood utilization and characteristics of patients treated with chronic transfusion therapy in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease. Transfusion 2020. PMID: 32579245


  22. Kelly S, Jacobs ES, Stone M, Keating SM, Lee TH, Chafets D, Heitman J, Dimapasoc M, Operskalski E, Hagar W, Vichinsky E, Busch MP, Norris PJ, Custer B, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III). Influence of sickle cell disease on susceptibility to HIV infection. Volume 15 of Issue 4. PloS one 2020. PMID: 32267841


  23. Belis?rio AR, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Sabino EC, Ara?jo A, Loureiro P, M?ximo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DDOW, Ozahata MC, McClure C, Mota RA, Gomes Moura IC, Custer B, Kelly S, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component Brazil. Hb S/�-Thalassemia in the REDS-III Brazil Sickle Cell Disease Cohort: Clinical, Laboratory and Molecular Characteristics. Hemoglobin 2020. PMID: 32172616


  24. de Martino CC, Alencar CS, Loureiro P, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, M?ximo CA, Mota RA, Rodrigues DOW, Gaburo Junior N, Kelly S, Sabino EC, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III). Use of an automated pyrosequencing technique for confirmation of sickle cell disease. PloS one 2019. PMID: 31830127


  25. Blatyta PF, Kelly S, Sabino E, Preiss L, Mendes F, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Werneck Rodrigues DO, Mota R, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Park M, Mendrone-Jr A, Gon?alez TT, de Almeida Neto C, Custer B, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study III (RED. Prevalence of serologic markers of transfusion and sexually transmitted infections and their correlation with clinical features in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with sickle cell disease. Transfusion 2019. PMID: 31804727


  26. Cintho Ozahata M, Page GP, Guo Y, Ferreira JE, Dinardo CL, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Loureiro P, Mota RA, Rodrigues DOW, Belisario AR, Maximo C, Flor-Park MV, Custer B, Kelly S, Sabino EC, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III). Clinical and Genetic Predictors of Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease: Results from the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study III Brazil Cohort Study. The journal of sexual medicine 2019. PMID: 31668730


  27. Oliveira CDL, Kelly S, de Almeida-Neto C, Carneiro-Proietti AB, Camargos Piassi FC, Salomon T, Flor-Park MV, Maximo C, Rodrigues DW, Mota RA, Teixeira CM, Loureiro P, Sabino EC, Custer B, Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III) International Component, Brazil. Quality of life in pre-adolescent children with sickle cell disease in Brazil. Pediatric hematology and oncology 2019. PMID: 31490092


  28. Dinardo CL, Kelly S, Dezan MR, Ribeiro IH, Castilho SL, Schimidt LC, Valgueiro MDC, Preiss LR, Custer B, Sabino EC, Westhoff CM, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)-III. Diversity of RH and transfusion support in Brazilian sickle cell disease patients with unexplained Rh antibodies. Transfusion 2019. PMID: 31408202


  29. Flor-Park MV, Kelly S, Preiss L, Custer B, Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Araujo AS, Loureiro P, Maximo C, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Sabino EC, Rocha V, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) ? International Component Bra. Identification and Characterization of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Candidates in a Sickle Cell Disease Cohort. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2019. PMID: 31229639


  30. Carneiro-Proietti ABF, Kelly S, Miranda Teixeira C, Sabino EC, Alencar CS, Capuani L, Salomon Silva TP, Araujo A, Loureiro P, M?ximo C, Lobo C, Flor-Park MV, Rodrigues DOW, Mota RA, Gon?alez TT, Hoppe C, Ferreira JE, Ozahata M, Page GP, Guo Y, Preiss LR, Brambilla D, Busch MP, Custer B, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS-III). Clinical and genetic ancestry profile of a large multi-centre sickle cell disease cohort in Brazil. British journal of haematology 2018. PMID: 30027669


  31. Oetgen ME, Matthews AL, Martin BD, Hanway J, Kelly S, Blakemore L. Radiographic Resource Utilization in the Initial Referral and Evaluation of Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2018. PMID: 29683814


  32. Elliott J, Kelly SE, Johnston A, Skidmore B, Gomes T, Wells GA. Allergen immunotherapy for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and/or asthma: an umbrella review. CMAJ open 2017. PMID: 28495938


  33. Kelly S, Quirolo K, Marsh A, Neumayr L, Garcia A, Custer B. Erythrocytapheresis for chronic transfusion therapy in sickle cell disease: survey of current practices and review of the literature. Transfusion 2016. PMID: 27759170


  34. Kelly SE, Moher D, Clifford TJ. Expediting evidence synthesis for healthcare decision-making: exploring attitudes and perceptions towards rapid reviews using Q methodology. PeerJ 2016. PMID: 27761324


  35. Taherzadeh G, Filippo DE, Kelly S, van Engen-Verheul M, Peek N, Oh P, Grace SL. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT PROGRAM SATISFACTION? A REVIEW. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2016. PMID: 26398325


  36. Cahill MC, Bilanovic A, Kelly S, Bacon S, Grace SL. Screening for Depression in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A REVIEW. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2015. PMID: 25622216


  37. Kelly S, Deng X, Hoppe C, Styles L. A pilot randomized trial of red blood cell transfusion for acute treatment of vaso-occlusive pain episodes in sickle cell anaemia. British journal of haematology 2015. PMID: 25833727