Exertional sickling: Questions and controversy [PDF]
, 2014 Sickle cell trait (SCT) occurs in about 8% of African-Americans and is often described to be of little clinical consequence. Over time, a number of risks have emerged, and among these are rare but catastrophic episodes of sudden death in athletes and ...
Blinder, Morey A., Russel, Sarah
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Sickle cell trait and risk of cognitive impairment in African-Americans: The REGARDS cohort [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Sickle cell anemia may be associated with cognitive dysfunction, and some complications of sickle cell anemia might affect those with sickle cell trait (SCT), so we hypothesized that SCT is a risk factor for cognitive impairment. Methods:
Cahill, Christina R. +12 more
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Comorbidities in aging patients with sickle cell disease. [PDF]
, 2018 Sickle cell disease (SCD) in general and sickle cell anemia in particular is a highly complex disorder both at the molecular and clinical levels. Although the molecular lesion is a single-point mutation, the sickle gene is pleiotropic in nature causing ...
Ballas, Samir K.
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Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in western Kenya. [PDF]
, 2014 To determine the association between a range of inherited blood disorders and indicators of poor nutrition, we analyzed data from a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 882 children 6–35 months of age in western Kenya.
Ruth, LJ +4 more
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Retinopatia falciforme proliferativa associada a traço falciforme e diabetes gestacional: relato de caso [PDF]
, 2009 Proliferative sickle cell retinopathy is an uncommon complication in individuals with sickle cell trait (AS). However, the risk for proliferative retinopathy development is increased in patients with AS hemoglobinopathy associated with systemic ...
JORGE, Rodrigo +3 more
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Where Do You Get Your Protein? Or: Biochemical Realization [PDF]
, 2020 Biochemical kinds such as proteins pose interesting problems for philosophers of science, as they can be studied from the points of view of both biology and chemistry.
Tahko, Tuomas E.
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Clinical outcome and prognostic factors in renal medullary carcinoma: a pooled analysis from 18 years of medical literature [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION: We describe clinical features and prognostic factors of renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) by performing a pooled analysis of all reported cases since 1995.
CORTESI, Enrico +5 more
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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 +8 more
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Hypoxic Stress in Athletes With Sickle Cell Trait
, 2016 The purpose of this study was to examine various changes of blood measures in select athletes with sickle cell trait due (SCT) to exercise at different simulated altitudes (n=2).
Reynolds, Samantha Elizabeth
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Sickle cell disease status among school adolescents and their tribal community in South Gujarat [PDF]
, 2009 Objectives: to create awareness, to screen samples of school adolescents and then to reach their community through them by doing surveillance for sickle cell disease. Design: Field based cross-sectional study. Settings: St Xavier`s high school and Vanraj
Chudasama, Rajesh K +3 more
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