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Nutritional status, hospitalization and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia in Tanzania [PDF]

Haematologica, 2011
Background Reduced growth is common in children with sickle cell anemia, but few data exist on associations with long-term clinical course. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition at enrolment into a hospital-based cohort and ...
Sharon E. Cox, Julie Makani, Anthony J. Fulford, Albert N. Komba, Deogratius Soka, Thomas N. Williams, Charles R. Newton, Kevin Marsh, Andrew M. Prentice   +8 more
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Sexuality and sickle cell anemia

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2013
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease, the most common hereditary blood disease in the world, is the result of an atypical hemoglobin called S (Hb S) which, when homozygous (Hb SS) is the cause of sickle cell anemia.
Viviane de Almeida Côbo, Cibele Alves Chapadeiro, João Batista Ribeiro, Helio Moraes-Souza, Paulo Roberto Juliano Martins   +4 more
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Sickle Cell Anemia [PDF]

RadioGraphics, 2001
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a disease caused by production of abnormal hemoglobin, which binds with other abnormal hemoglobin molecules within the red blood cell to cause rigid deformation of the cell. This deformation impairs the ability of the cell to pass through small vascular channels; sludging and congestion of vascular beds may result, followed ...
G J, Lonergan, D B, Cline, S L, Abbondanzo   +2 more
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Bacteraemia in Kenyan children with sickle-cell anaemia: a retrospective cohort and case-control study. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 90% of children with sickle-cell anaemia die before the diagnosis can be made. The causes of death are poorly documented, but bacterial sepsis is probably important.
Uyoga, Sophie, Berkley, James, Macharia, Alex, McAuley, Charlotte F, Opi, DH, Kevin Marsh, J Anthony G Scott, Mwarumba, Salim, Berkley, James A, Ndila, C, Scott, John, Carolyne Ndila, Berkley, JA, Thomas N Williams, Sophie Uyoga, Williams, TN, Makani, J, James A Berkley, Sharif, SK, McAuley, CF, Daniel H Opi, Mwarumba, S, Uyoga, S, Macharia, A, Albert Komba, Marsh, K, Scott, JA, Charlotte F McAuley, Sharif, Shahnaaz K, Scott, J Anthony G, Williams, Thomas N, Julie Makani, Ndiritu, Moses N, Salim Mwarumba, Moses N Ndiritu, Komba, Albert, Williams, Thomas, Komba, A, Opi, Daniel H, Makani, Julie, Marsh, Kevin, Ndiritu, MN, Alex Macharia, Shahnaaz K Sharif, Ndila, Carolyne   +44 more
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Hematological and Genetic Predictors of Daytime Hemoglobin Saturation in Tanzanian Children with and without Sickle Cell Anemia. [PDF]

, 2013
Low hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO2) is common in Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) and associated with complications including stroke, although determinants remain unknown.
Cox, Sharon E, Newton, Charles R, Makani, Julie, Prentice, Andrew M, Kirkham, Fenella J   +4 more
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The Longitudinal Effect of APOL1 Risk Alleles on Sickle Cell Anemia-Associated Kidney Function. [PDF]

Am J Hematol
ABSTRACT Progressive kidney injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sickle cell anemia (SCA). The high risk APOL1 G1/G2 variants contribute to the development of kidney disease in individuals of African ancestry, including those with SCA.
Rashkin SR, Kang G, Takemoto CM, Weiss MJ, Ataga KI, Saraf SL, Lebensburger J, Zahr RS.   +7 more
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A Health Educational Program for Mothers with Children Suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Background: Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by the production of abnormal hemoglobin. Children with sickle cell anemia suffer from chronic pain, frequent infections, and fatigue due to the blockage of blood flow and the ...
Marwa Younes
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Hematologic and hemorheological determinants of resting and exercise-induced hemoglobin oxygen desaturation in children with sickle cell disease

Haematologica, 2013
The aim of the study was to determine the factors associated with resting and exercise-induced hemoglobin oxygen desaturation. The well-established six-minute walk test was conducted in 107 sickle cell children (50 with sickle hemoglobin C disease and 57
Xavier Waltz, Marc Romana, Marie-Laure Lalanne-Mistrih, Roberto F. Machado, Yann Lamarre, Vanessa Tarer, Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources, Benoît Tressières, Lydia Divialle-Doumdo, Marie Petras, Frederic Maillard, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Philippe Connes   +12 more
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Sickle Cell Anemia [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1922
Recent medical literature contains the records of three patients, all negroes, or negroes with an admixture of Caucasian blood, in whom severe anemia, characterized by certain peculiar morphologic alterations of the red blood cells, was present. The first case was reported by Herrick.1Washburn2published the records of a patient whose blood showed ...
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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
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