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Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Hemoglobinopathies
Sickle cell anemia and other hemoglobinopathies represent a major health problem in the United States. In April 1987 several federal agencies sponsored a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference to discuss the issues involved in ...
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Evaluating Reproductive Health Recommendations in CPGs for Sickle Cell Disease: An Umbrella Review
ABSTRACT Background Individuals with sickle cell disease or trait (SCD/T) face significant reproductive health risks, highlighting the need to assess the best available evidence on their reproductive health needs. Objectives To assess the quality of SCD/T clinical practice guidelines and evaluate the key characteristics and quality of their ...
Lisa R. Roberts +4 more
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Erythrocytapheresis as a novel treatment option for adult patients with pyruvate kinase deficiency
Rawia F.G. Jensen +4 more
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IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING PROGRAM SCREENING NEONATAL HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES IN CAPE VERDE
Hemoglobinopathies are hereditary blood diseases, the most frequent sickle cell anemia. To date not have curative treatment, unless bone marrow transplant, which has yet been carried out experimentally.
Leonel Barbosa Gonçalves
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Dificulties on the laboratorial diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies
There are various types of hemoglobinopathies that are characterized by variants of abnormal hemoglobins (eg. Hb S, HbC, unstables Hb, etc.) and thalassemias (eg. alpha, beta, beta/delta, etc.).
Bonini-Domingos, Claudia R. [UNESP] +1 more
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Gene Therapy Approaches to Hemoglobinopathies
Gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies is currently based on transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells genetically modified with a lentiviral vector expressing a globin gene under the control of globin transcriptional regulatory elements ...
Cavazzana M. +8 more
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EHA Guidelines on the management of children and adults with hemoglobin SC disease
Abstract HbSC disease is the second most common type of sickle cell disease (SCD) in populations of African origin. Although it is often grouped together with other types of SCD, particularly sickle cell anemia (HbSS), it has unique pathophysiology and a different spectrum of laboratory and clinical features.
David C. Rees +15 more
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Background: Hemoglobinopathies are the most commonly inherited red cell disorder around the world. In India, hemoglobinopathies show wide variation of prevalence in different regions and different populations.
Arnab Sinha +2 more
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Pharmacogenomics and therapeutics of hemoglobinopathies
Individual genetic constitution is an important cause of variations in the response and tolerance to drug treatment. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes located within as well as outside the human beta-globin cluster have recently been shown ...
Patrinos, George, Grosveld, Frank
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infertility nowadays is considered a disease and a significant global health issue. Despite extensive research, the cause of approximately 15% of infertility cases remains unknown. Additionally, despite the high financial and emotional costs associated with infertility treatment, there is no single universal method that ...
Zeinab Eftekhar +4 more
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