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Self-resolution of spontaneous epidural hematoma in sickle cell anemia: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Spontaneous epidural hematoma is a rare and dangerous complication of sickle cell anemia which typically requires surgical management. We present a rare case of a patient with sickle cell anemia and intracranial spontaneous epidural hematoma which ...
Shruti Kumari, MD, Grayson H. Hooper, DO, Ameya Nayate, MD   +2 more
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Radiologic Evaluation of Paranasal Sinuses in Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia: Case–Control Study [PDF]

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Background Sickle cell disease and thalassemia are inherited hematological disorders that are common worldwide. These patients suffer from chronic hemolytic anemia, which can result in bone marrow dysfunction and, in rare cases, extramedullary ...
Maha A. Alharbi, Ayat AlDarwish, Reem M. Alamier, Nawal E. Omer, Mahmoud A. Alabbad, Abdulmohsin M. Aljassem, Qasem M. ALalwan, Danah H. Althomaly, Hussain Abdullali Albaharna   +8 more
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Role of sickling crisis with serum zinc in children with sickle cell anemia

Advanced Medical Journal, 2022
Background and objectives: Sickle cell anemia causes painful crises by the occlusion of small blood vessels by spontaneous intravascular sickling. The aim of this study is to determine the possible association of Zinc deficiency with painful crises ...
Bahzad Khalid Sharaf, Akrem Mohammad Atrushi   +1 more
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Knowledge and DdeI Based Confirmation of Sickle Cell Anemia Among the Tharu Community

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder caused due to a point mutation at the sixth codon of the ?-globin gene of both alleles. Sickle cell traits occur when the mutation is in one of the two alleles of the ?-globin genes.
Sajani Ghaju, Karan Khadayat, Raju Shrestha, Salan Ghaju, Trishna Manandhar, Bishnu P. Marasini   +5 more
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Treating sickle cell anemia

Science, 2020
New drugs, stem cell transplants, and gene therapy show promise in treating sickle cell anemia Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder caused by a point mutation (affecting a single nucleotide) in the gene that encodes the β-globin chain of ...
J. Tisdale, S. Thein, W. Eaton
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Identification of Sickle Cell Anemia Using Deep Neural Networks

, 2021
A molecule called hemoglobin is found in red blood cells that holds oxygen all over the body. Hemoglobin is elastic, round, and stable in a healthy human. This makes it possible to float across red blood cells.
Sagar Yeruva, M. Varalakshmi, B. Gowtham, Y. Chandana, P. K. Prasad   +4 more
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Splenic sequestration and infarction upon exposure to high altitude in adult patients with sickle cell anemia

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2023
Adult patients with sickle cell disease usually have atrophied spleens due to autosplenectomy, and only rarely have complications related to the spleen, such as splenic sequestration and infarctions.
Husain Alkhaldy, Mortadah Alsalman, Mariyyah Almuhaini, Renad Alshehri, Samar Almusaad, Wejdan Al-Qahtani, Tamer A Samih, Mohammed Makkawi   +7 more
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Deep Learning Models for Classification of Red Blood Cells in Microscopy Images to Aid in Sickle Cell Anemia Diagnosis

Electronics, 2020
Sickle cell anemia, which is also called sickle cell disease (SCD), is a hematological disorder that causes occlusion in blood vessels, leading to hurtful episodes and even death.
Laith Alzubaidi, M. Fadhel, O. Al-Shamma, Jinglan Zhang, Y. Duan   +4 more
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THALASSEMIA AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE: EXPERIENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY IN A MULTI-ETHNIC POPULATION.

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2009
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) still remains the only definitive cure currently available for patients with thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
Marco Marziali, Antonella Isgrò, Javid Gaziev, Guido Lucarelli   +3 more
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Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among children with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and normal hemoglobin

Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2018
Children with sickle cell anemia and sickle cell trait are at an increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease compared to children with normal hemoglobin. We assessed and compared pneumococcal vaccination status among these three groups.
Sarah L. Reeves, Hannah K Jary, Jennifer P Gondhi, M. Kleyn, A. Wagner, K. Dombkowski   +5 more
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