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Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in the Caribbean: An Update of the Present Situation and of the Disease Prevalence

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2019
The region surrounding the Caribbean Sea is predominantly composed of island nations for its Eastern part and the American continental coast on its Western part.
Jennifer Knight-Madden, Ketty Lee, Gisèle Elana, Narcisse Elenga, Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel, Ngozi Keshi, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Lesley King, Monika Asnani, Marc Romana, Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources   +10 more
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Mathematical and mechanical modeling of vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease [PDF]

, 2007
Thesis (S.M.)--Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2007.Includes bibliographical references.Vaso-occlusive crises cause most of the morbidity and mortality associated with sickle cell disease.
Higgins, John M. (John Matthew)
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Emerging Genetic Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease.

Annual Review of Medicine, 2019
The genetic basis of sickle cell disease (SCD) was elucidated >60 years ago, yet current therapy does not rely on this knowledge. Recent advances raise prospects for improved, and perhaps curative, treatment.
S. Orkin, D. E. Bauer
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Biotechnological Potential of the Fusarium fujikuroi Complex From Amazonian Oenocarpus bacaba: Lipase Production and Characterization

Journal of Basic Microbiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the diversity of filamentous fungi in the Amazon biome, particularly the genus Fusarium, known for producing biotechnologically valuable metabolites. The research aimed to isolate and identify fungi from Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
Lucely Nogueira dos Santos, Rafael Firmani Perna, Ana Carolina Vieira, Kalebe Ferreira Furtado, Alex Fernando de Almeida, Cristiane Angélica Ottoni, Leandro Mantovani de Castro, Felipe Mello, Yoannis Domínguez, Nelson Rosa Ferreira   +9 more
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Enhancing the Management of Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease by Integrating Functional Evaluation to Mitigate the Burden of Vaso-Occlusive Crises

Journal of Vascular Diseases
Sickle cell disease (SCD) imposes a significant health burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where healthcare professionals and resources are scarce.
Paul Muteb Boma, Alain Ali Kaponda, Jules Panda, Bruno Bonnechère   +3 more
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Family cord blood banking for sickle cell disease: a twenty-year experience in two dedicated public cord blood banks

Haematologica, 2017
Efforts to implement family cord blood banking have been developed in the past decades for siblings requiring stem cell transplantation for conditions such as sickle cell disease. However, public banks are faced with challenging decisions about the units
Hanadi Rafii, Françoise Bernaudin, Helene Rouard, Valérie Vanneaux, Annalisa Ruggeri, Marina Cavazzana, Valerie Gauthereau, Aurélie Stanislas, Malika Benkerrou, Mariane De Montalembert, Christele Ferry, Robert Girot, Cecile Arnaud, Annie Kamdem, Joelle Gour, Claudine Touboul, Audrey Cras, Mathieu Kuentz, Claire Rieux, Fernanda Volt, Barbara Cappelli, Karina T. Maio, Annalisa Paviglianiti, Chantal Kenzey, Jerome Larghero, Eliane Gluckman   +25 more
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Patient-Centered eHealth Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
Background Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects over 100,000 Americans. Sickle cell disease–related complications lead to significant morbidity and early death.
S. Badawy, R. Cronin, J. Hankins, L. Crosby, M. DeBaun, A. Thompson, N. Shah   +6 more
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Transition readiness assessment in adolescents and young adults with chronic intestinal failure on home parenteral nutrition: A descriptive cross‐sectional study

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Aims Life expectancy for patients with chronic intestinal failure (CIF) recieving home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has improved over the past decades. Consequently, more children on HPN grow into adulthood. Until now, no assessment of transition readiness of these patients exists.
Aysenur Demirok, Marc A. Benninga, Antonella Diamanti, Myriam El Khatib, Anat Guz‐Mark, Johannes Hilberath, Cécile Lambe, Lorenzo Norsa, Anna Simona Sasdelli, Alida A. Sanchez, Mireille Serlie, Merit M. Tabbers   +11 more
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Sickle cell disease: an international survey of results of HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Blood, 2017
Despite advances in supportive therapy to prevent complications of sickle cell disease (SCD), access to care is not universal. Hematopoietic cell transplantation is, to date, the only curative therapy for SCD, but its application is limited by ...
E. Gluckman, B. Cappelli, F. Bernaudin, M. Labopin, F. Volt, J. Carreras, Belinda Pinto Simões, A. Ferster, S. Dupont, J. de la Fuente, J. Dalle, M. Zecca, M. Walters, L. Krishnamurti, M. Bhatia, K. Leung, G. Yanik, J. Kurtzberg, N. Dhédin, M. Kuentz, G. Michel, J. Apperley, P. Lutz, B. Neven, Y. Bertrand, J. Vannier, M. Ayas, M. Cavazzana, S. Matthes‐Martin, V. Rocha, Hanadi Elayoubi, C. Kenzey, P. Bader, F. Locatelli, A. Ruggeri, M. Eapen   +35 more
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Association between high serum ferritin and periodontitis: A population‐based cross‐sectional preliminary study

Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the association between high serum ferritin levels and periodontitis considering pathways induced by sociodemographic and behavioral factors, serum inflammation, and metabolic risk. Methods Data from 7283 individuals who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination ...
Susilena Arouche Costa, Cecilia Cláudia Costa Ribeiro, Ana Regina Oliveira Moreira, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Soraia de Fátima Carvalho Souza   +4 more
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