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Nutritional Potential, Phytochemical Content, In Vivo Antioxidant, and Antanemic Potential of Musa paradisiaca Flower

Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.
After collecting Musa paradisiaca leaves, some were dried and others were used to produce aqueous extracts. The extracts and powders were characterized and then administered to rats made anaemic by PHZ. After 14 days of administration of the two samples, the rats were euthanized and it was observed that after 9 days of treatment, the aqueous extract ...
Josée Rebeca Nombo, Jethro Roland Misse Ngangue Ekwala, Somon Régine Tuem, Stéphano Tene Tambo, Merlin Ngafon Nchoutpouen, Valery Jean François Nsoga, Jules Christophe Koule Manz, Jordan Mekui Nwotue, Mathieu Ndomou   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes and hemoglobin concentration and anemia in children and non-pregnant women in Sierra Leone: ancillary analysis of data from Sierra Leone’s 2013 National Micronutrient Survey

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective By measuring the associations between the presence of sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes, we assessed the extent to which these hemoglobinopathies contribute to the high prevalence of anemia observed in preschool-aged children and women of ...
James P. Wirth, Rashid Ansumana, Bradley A. Woodruff, Aminata S. Koroma, Mary H. Hodges   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Splenomegaly and Splenic Complications in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease and Its Relation to Fetal Hemoglobin

International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 2022
Background: Spleen has been found to be the earliest organ involved in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients with variable manifestations in different geographical regions.
Jitendra D Lakhani, Roop Gill, Deep Mehta, Sucheta J. Lakhani   +3 more
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Comorbidity, Pain, Utilization, and Psychosocial Outcomes in Older versus Younger Sickle Cell Adults: The PiSCES Project [PDF]

, 2017
Background. Patients with SCD now usually live well into adulthood. Whereas transitions into adulthood are now often studied, little is published about aging beyond the transition period. We therefore studied age-associated SCD differences in utilization,
Aisiku, Imoigele P., Bovbjerg, Viktor E., Levenson, James L., McClish, Donna K., Roberts, John D., Roseff, Susan D., Smith, Wally R.   +6 more
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The impact of low‐dose aspirin on hemoglobin levels in pregnancy: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial for prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives This study evaluates the association of low‐dose aspirin (LDA) with hemoglobin (Hb) levels during pregnancy and explores how changes in Hb levels relate to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). Methods This secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial comprised 249 pregnant women recruited from a regional hospital in ...
N. M. Ngcobo, V. Dorsamy, C. Bagwandeen, P. Z. Mkhize, J. Moodley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Real-Time Non-invasive Hemoglobin Level Detection Using Video Images from Smartphone Camera [PDF]

, 2017
Hemoglobin level detection is necessary for evaluating health condition in the human. In the laboratory setting, it is detected by shining light through a small volume of blood and using a colorimetric electronic particle counting algorithm.
Adibuzzaman, Mohammad, Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal, Ahsan, Golam Mushih Tanimul, Chu, William, Field, Joshua, Gani, Md. O., Hasan, Md Kamrul   +6 more
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A rare case of pediatric autoimmune pancreatitis and autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with sickle cell disease

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Concurrent pediatric autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) are rarely reported, and no established pediatric‐specific guidelines are available to guide the diagnosis and management of these conditions in children. While AIP and AIH share an underlying autoimmune mechanism of injury, marked by chronic inflammatory changes
Sasha‐Jane Abi‐Aad, Michelle Edward, David Germain, Rene Gomez‐Esquivel, Racha Khalaf   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening for the Sickle Cell Trait in Odisha, India: An Approach to a Major Public Health Burden

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2021
The present study aims to determine the prevalence and distribution of sickle cell traits in Koraput district of Odisha along with the financial burden on households. A total of 1092 individuals of either sex, aged above 30 years, were randomly screened.
Basanta Kumar Bindhani, Saraswathy KN, Jayanta Kumar Nayak, Naorem Kiranmala Devi   +3 more
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Reaching Community Through School Going Children for Sickle Cell Disease in Zankhvav Village of Surat District, Western India [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore a method to reach the community via school going adolescents for screening tribal people for Sickle Cell disease.
Bansal, R, Gharat, VV, Mallick, KH, Rupani, MP, Vasava, BC   +4 more
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Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]

, 2016
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Anderson, ST, Bah, G, Cunnington, A, Darboe, S, Lawal, B, Soothill, G   +5 more
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