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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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Self-resolution of spontaneous epidural hematoma in sickle cell anemia: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Spontaneous epidural hematoma is a rare and dangerous complication of sickle cell anemia which typically requires surgical management. We present a rare case of a patient with sickle cell anemia and intracranial spontaneous epidural hematoma which ...
Shruti Kumari, MD, Grayson H. Hooper, DO, Ameya Nayate, MD   +2 more
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Radiologic Evaluation of Paranasal Sinuses in Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia: Case–Control Study [PDF]

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Background Sickle cell disease and thalassemia are inherited hematological disorders that are common worldwide. These patients suffer from chronic hemolytic anemia, which can result in bone marrow dysfunction and, in rare cases, extramedullary ...
Maha A. Alharbi, Ayat AlDarwish, Reem M. Alamier, Nawal E. Omer, Mahmoud A. Alabbad, Abdulmohsin M. Aljassem, Qasem M. ALalwan, Danah H. Althomaly, Hussain Abdullali Albaharna   +8 more
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Feasibility and utility of a sickle cell disease registry for research and patient management [PDF]

, 2009
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis aimed to evaluate the feasibility and utility of a sickle cell disease registry for clinical patient management and research.
Gilmore, Annette
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Role of sickling crisis with serum zinc in children with sickle cell anemia

Advanced Medical Journal, 2022
Background and objectives: Sickle cell anemia causes painful crises by the occlusion of small blood vessels by spontaneous intravascular sickling. The aim of this study is to determine the possible association of Zinc deficiency with painful crises ...
Bahzad Khalid Sharaf, Akrem Mohammad Atrushi   +1 more
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Knowledge and DdeI Based Confirmation of Sickle Cell Anemia Among the Tharu Community

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder caused due to a point mutation at the sixth codon of the ?-globin gene of both alleles. Sickle cell traits occur when the mutation is in one of the two alleles of the ?-globin genes.
Sajani Ghaju, Karan Khadayat, Raju Shrestha, Salan Ghaju, Trishna Manandhar, Bishnu P. Marasini   +5 more
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Splenic sequestration and infarction upon exposure to high altitude in adult patients with sickle cell anemia

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2023
Adult patients with sickle cell disease usually have atrophied spleens due to autosplenectomy, and only rarely have complications related to the spleen, such as splenic sequestration and infarctions.
Husain Alkhaldy, Mortadah Alsalman, Mariyyah Almuhaini, Renad Alshehri, Samar Almusaad, Wejdan Al-Qahtani, Tamer A Samih, Mohammed Makkawi   +7 more
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THALASSEMIA AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE: EXPERIENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY IN A MULTI-ETHNIC POPULATION.

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2009
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) still remains the only definitive cure currently available for patients with thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
Marco Marziali, Antonella Isgrò, Javid Gaziev, Guido Lucarelli   +3 more
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Peripheral Red Blood Cell Split Chimerism as a Consequence of Intramedullary Selective Apoptosis of Recipient Red Blood Cells in a Case of Sickle Cell Disease

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Allogeneic cellular gene therapy through hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only radical cure for congenital hemoglobinopathies like thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
Marco Marziali, Antonella Isgrò, Pietro Sodani, Javid Gaziev, Daniela Fraboni, Katia Paciaroni, Cristiano Gallucci, Cecilia Alfieri, Andrea Roveda, Gioia De Angelis, Luisa Cardarelli, Michela Ribersani, Marco Andreani, Guido Lucarelli   +13 more
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Haploidentical HSCT for hemoglobinopathies: improved outcomes with TCRαβ+/CD19+-depleted grafts

Blood Advances, 2018
: We examined outcomes of haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (haplo-HCT) using T-cell receptor αβ+ (TCRαβ+)/CD19+-depleted grafts (TCR group, 14 patients) in children with hemoglobinopathies.
Javid Gaziev, Antonella Isgrò, Pietro Sodani, Katia Paciaroni, Gioia De Angelis, Marco Marziali, Michela Ribersani, Cecilia Alfieri, Alessandro Lanti, Tiziana Galluccio, Gaspare Adorno, Marco Andreani   +11 more
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