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Prevalence of Inherited Hemoglobin Disorders and Relationships with Anemia and Micronutrient Status among Children in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon. [PDF]

, 2017
Information on the etiology of anemia is necessary to design effective anemia control programs. Our objective was to measure the prevalence of inherited hemoglobin disorders (IHD) in a representative sample of children in urban Cameroon, and examine the ...
Brown, Kenneth H, Engle-Stone, Reina, Gimou, Marie-Madeleine, Green, Ralph, Nankap, Martin, Ndjebayi, Alex, Oyono, Yannick, Tarini, Ann, Williams, Thomas N   +8 more
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Prevalence of Haemoglobine s in Araraquara-SP Population.

Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal, 2015
The Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic hemoglobionopathy, characterized by an alteration in the hemoglobin molecule struture (HbA1), called hemoglobin S (HbS), which causes a distortion in the erythocytes structure, changing from spherical shape to sickle ...
Bruno Rocha de Jesus, Heloise Brait Rin, Elza Regina Manzolli Leite, Amauri Antiquera Leite, Miriane da Costa Gileno   +4 more
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Studies on the Hemoglobin of Cooley's Anemia and Cooley's Trait [PDF]

, 1952
The diseases sickle cell anemia and Cooley's anemia (also known as thalassemia or Mediterranean anemia) have associated with them "minor" or "trait" forms of the disease in which the symptomatology is minimal, and the abnormalities in the red cells are ...
Rich, Alexander
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Understanding Sickle cell disease: Causes, symptoms, and treatment options

Medicine, 2023
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by the production of abnormal hemoglobin molecules that cause red blood cells to take on a crescent or sickle shape.
C. Elendu, D. C. Amaechi, Chisom E Alakwe-Ojimba, T. C. Elendu, Rhoda C Elendu, Chiagozie P. Ayabazu, Titilayo O Aina, Ooreofe Aborisade, Joseph S Adenikinju   +8 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Guideline Recommendations. [PDF]

, 2019
National guidelines recommend that providers counsel all patients with sickle cell anemia about hydroxyurea (HU) therapy and screen children with sickle cell anemia annually for the risk of stroke with transcranial Doppler (TCD).
Bardach, Naomi S, Cabana, Michael D, Kanter, Julie, Marsh, Anne M, Rowland, Michael, Stemmler, Peggy, Treadwell, Marsha J   +6 more
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Conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines for sickle cell disease. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: People affected with sickle cell disease are at high risk of infection from Haemophilus influenzae type b. Before the implementation of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccination in high-income countries, this was responsible for a ...
Allali, Slimane, Ballas, Samir K., Chalumeau, Martin, de Montalembert, Mariane, Launay, Odile   +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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Hemorheological risk factors of acute chest syndrome and painful vaso-occlusive crisis in children with sickle cell disease

Haematologica, 2012
Background Little is known about the effects of blood rheology on the occurrence of acute chest syndrome and painful vaso-occlusive crises in children with sickle cell anemia and hemoglobin SC disease.Design and Methods To address this issue, steady ...
Yann Lamarre, Marc Romana, Xavier Waltz, Marie-Laure Lalanne-Mistrih, Benoît Tressières, Lydia Divialle-Doumdo, Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources, Jens Vent-Schmidt, Marie Petras, Cedric Broquere, Frederic Maillard, Vanessa Tarer, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Philippe Connes   +13 more
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Genetic variants in the G gamma-globin promoter modulate fetal hemoglobin expression in the Colombian population [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020
Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is a determining factor for the development of sickle cell anemia. High HbF levels lower the intensity of symptoms of this disease. HbF levels can vary in patients with sickle cell anemia and individuals without the disease.
Cristian Fong, Yesica Mendoza, Guillermo Barreto   +2 more
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