In six cases the parents found the behaviour so unacceptable that they requested psychological intervention and in four, the behaviour has now stopped. [...]whilst we find this behaviour fascinating, we are no clearer in understanding the aetiology of pica for sponge in this small population of children with SCD.
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ROBERTS-HAREWOOD, M. (2001). Pica in sickle cell disease: “She ate the headboard.” Archives of Disease in Childhood, 85(6), 510c–5510. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.85.6.510c
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