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Evaluation de la sensibilisation de la population contre la drépanocytose au Programme National de la Lutte Contre la Drépanocytose (PNLCD) en République Démocratique du Congo

open access: yesRevue Congolaise des Sciences et Technologies
La drépanocytose demeure une pathologie héréditaire à fort impact sanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo, caractérisée par une morbidité et une mortalité élevée, particulièrement chez les enfants.
Bertin Mbenga Tampwo   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Sickle cell anemia and pregnancy: Profile of hemodynamic changes in sickle cell pregnant women in Kinshasa

open access: yeseJHaem, 2023
Pregnancy is accompanied by hormonal changes. These relate mainly to progesterone and placenate growth factor. Hemodynamic changes are also observed. in a sickle cell pregnant woman, all these changes have a direct effect on hypoxia.
Tite Minga Mikobi   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

De Koloci à la drépanocytose

open access: yesAnthropologie & Santé, 2012
Sickle-cell disease affects 1-3% of newborns in sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiological and anthropological situations as well as the unequal health policies from one country to another prove the interest for located historicized studies.
Agnès Lainé   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Polygenic scores in the diagnosis of abnormal complete blood count values. [PDF]

open access: yesHemasphere
HemaSphere, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2026.
Srour M   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Costs of Treating Uncomplicated Sickle Cell Complications in a Day Hospital Setting in Equatorial Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesAnemia
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health concern in Africa. SCD healthcare expenses are covered by personal finances in the Congo due to the absence of universal public health insurance. Various strategies have been implemented to minimize this economic burden, including an outpatient management strategy. The present study evaluated the costs
Ngolet LO   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mitochondrial retention in mature red blood cells from patients with sickle cell disease is associated with stress erythropoiesis but not with proinflammatory state. [PDF]

open access: yesHemasphere
HemaSphere, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2024.
Romana M   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genetic Contribution to Asthma Informs Acute Chest Syndrome Pathophysiology and Risk Stratification. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Hematol
ABSTRACT Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) occurring in ~50% of patients, some presenting frequent episodes. We lack tools to identify patients at high risk of ACS occurrence or frequent episodes. Epidemiological studies have found an association between asthma and ACS, but whether this link is causal is ...
El Aouhel S   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Is chest X-ray still relevant for acute chest syndrome diagnosis? [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Sci Rep
Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2024.
Pelinski Y   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Association of haemolysis markers, blood viscosity and microcirculation function with organ damage in sickle cell disease in sub‐Saharan Africa (the BIOCADRE study)

open access: yesBritish Journal of Haematology, Volume 203, Issue 2, Page 319-326, October 2023., 2023
A case‐control study nested in the CADRE multinational African cohort was conducted in Bamako and Dakar in 235 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) to test multiple biological and functional markers as potential markers of six different SCA‐related chronic organ damage.
Brigitte Ranque   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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