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Factor H: a novel modulator in sickle cell disease [PDF]
Wassim El Nemer, Bérengère Koehl
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Invasive bacterial infections in Gambians with sickle cell anaemia in an era of widespread Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination [PDF]
Background: There is relatively little data on the aetiology of bacterial infections in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in West Africa, and no data from countries that have implemented conjugate vaccines against both Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Anderson, ST +5 more
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is a non-segmented negative-sense RNA virus that causes a severe human disease. The ongoing EBOV outbreak in the Eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo has resulted to date in over 2500 confirmed cases including over 1500 ...
Xionghao Lin +16 more
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Characterization of Hematopoiesis in Sickle Cell Disease by Prospective Isolation of Stem and Progenitor Cells [PDF]
Seda S. Tolu +13 more
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Blood rheology and proliferative retinopathy in homozygous sickle cell disease. [PDF]
B. E. Serjeant +5 more
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Predictors of impending acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell anaemia. [PDF]
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a major complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and a leading cause for hospital admissions and death. We aimed to study the spectrum of clinical and laboratory features of ACS and to assess the predisposing factors and ...
Al-Busaidi, Ikhlas +5 more
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Infants and children under five years generally have high susceptibility to pathogenic and opportunistic infections due to immaturity and inexperience of their immune responses.
Solomon Opoku, Isaac Nyanor
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Findings supporting neonatal screening for sickle cell disease: an observational study in Senegal
IntroductionSickle cell disease (SCD) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, and early detection through neonatal screening can improve outcomes. In Senegal, systematic screening is not yet implemented.
Lucie Petigas +8 more
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Use of Image Processing Techniques to Automatically Diagnose Sickle-Cell Anemia Present in Red Blood Cells Smear [PDF]
Sickle Cell Anemia is a blood disorder which results from the abnormalities of red blood cells and shortens the life expectancy to 42 and 48 years for males and females respectively. It also causes pain, jaundice, shortness of breath, etc.
Barpanda, Siddharth Sekhar
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