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Positive depression screening and associated factors among children with sickle cell anemia attending a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Cross-sectional study

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Background: Depression is an increasingly important public health concern among children, particularly those living with chronic illnesses, including sickle cell anemia.
Eunice H. Barnabas, Matiko Mwita, Rogatus M. Kabyemera, Emmanuela E. Ambrose   +3 more
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Attitudes Toward Prenatal Interventions in the Fanconi Anemia Community

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In‐utero cell and gene therapies may offer prenatal treatment options for inherited diseases. Preclinical data suggests in‐utero (IU) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) could prevent Fanconi anemia (FA) related bone marrow failure without genotoxic conditioning or immune suppression.
Tony Lum, Catherine Lee, Tippi MacKenzie, Billie Lianoglou, Agnieszka Czechowicz   +4 more
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In Utero HSC Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease: A Potential Therapeutic Approach That Overcomes Complications of Current Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide but has limited treatment options, most of which carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment for SCD is allogeneic or gene‐modified autologous hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation (Tx).
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde, Madeleine G. Bibby, Anthony Atala, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Christopher D. Porada   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde, Madeleine G. Bibby, Anthony Atala, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Christopher D. Porada   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study of 28 pregnant women with sickle cell disease and COVID-19: elevated maternal and fetal morbidity rates

Haematologica, 2023
Laure Joseph, Gonzalo De Luna, Emmanuelle Bernit, Pierre Cougoul, Aline Santin, Benoit Faucher, Anoosha Habibi, Alain Garou, Gylna Loko, Sarah Mattioni, Sandra Manceau, Jean Benoit Arlet, François Lionnet   +12 more
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Preliminares del estudio de la meniscocitemia en Colombia, s. a.

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 1943
Otros nombres de la enfermedad: Anemia Falciforme; Drepanocitemia; "Sickle Cell Anemia" y "Sickle Cell 'I'rait" en Estados Unidos. La MENISCOCITEMIA es una enfermedad sanguínea caracterizada por la aparición de eritrocitos en forma de hoz, granos de ...
Benjamín Mera
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Long‐Term Outcomes After Elective Splenectomy for Haematological Disease: A 27‐Year Single‐Centre Study

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Splenectomy is a safe and effective treatment option in selected patients with haematological disease, despite declining referrals over the last 27 years in the era of targeted therapies. Outcomes are favourable when performed laparoscopically and long‐term follow‐up demonstrates sustained haematologic benefit in surviving patients.
Salil Dutt Barrett, Anthony Downhill, Douglas Greer, William Stevenson, Ian Kerridge, Chris Ward, Matthew Greenwood, Naomi Mackinlay, Luke Coyle, Thomas J. Hugh   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

PERIPHERAL BLOOD PICTURE OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Laboratory diagnosis of sickle cell anemia involves phenotypic testing for the presence of the sickle haemoglobin and genetic analysis. Phenotypic tests include sickling test and sickle solubility test. Sickle cell anemia can be diagnosed by the presence
Zahid Ullah
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Red lines and green lights: Gene therapy for inherited erythroid disorders beyond the haemoglobinopathies

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Gene therapy is revolutionizing treatment paradigms for haemoglobinopathies, establishing a translational framework for disorders that impact red blood cell development. In their paper, Joshi et al. describe the preclinical and early clinical landscape of gene therapies for non‐haemoglobinopathy erythroid disorders and highlight common thematic ...
Gaurav Joshi, Nandakumar Natarajan, Kathryn E. Dickerson, Richard A. Voit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sickle cell disease complicating pregnancy: A retrospective study

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Sickle cell disease is an uncommon cause of anemia and jaundice during pregnancy. Sickle cell crisis may lead to several maternal and fetal complications. Aims: To study maternal and fetal complications in pregnant patients with sickle cell
B Kavitha, Basanta H Hota
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