... Introduction: Stroke is a severe complication of sickle cell anemia (SCA), with devastating sequelae. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography predicts stroke risk, but implementing TCD screening with suitable treatment for primary stroke prevention in low-resource environments remains challenging. SPHERE...

... cell anemia Sickle cell disease Quality of life Transition Outcomes Pediatrics Adult Survey Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder affecting approximately 100,000 people of African, Mediterranean, and Asian descent in the USA [ 1 ]. Previously a disease of childhood...

...Zhara A. Al-Ali; Rana K. Fallatah; Esra A. Aljaffer; Eman R. Albukhari; Neriman Sadek Al-Ali; Ziyad T. Al-Ghannam; Reem Sayeb Al-Atrash; Ahmed Alsuliman; Chittibabu Vatte Disease severity of sickle cell anemia is highly variable, and it is commonly accepted that fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels play...

... leaflet, promoting coagulation by providing a catalytic surface for the assembly of prothrombinase and tenase complexes [ 11 ] and by expressing TF, the main initiator of blood coagulation. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is associated with abnormal activation of the coagulation cascade, which is clearly...

... to in the content or advertisements. Adolescence Care transition Sickle cell anemia Thalassemia major Young adults Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with thalassemia major (TM) and sickle cell disease (SCD) pose unique challenges in their medical treatment. Improved availability of medical...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Protein chemistry Sickle cell anemia Sickle cell anemia (SCA...

...Rodolfo Cancado; Maria Cristina A. Olivato; Paula Bruniera; Gilberto Szarf; Roberto de Moraes Bastos; Murilo Rezende Melo; Carlos Chiattone The efficacy and safety of a 2-year treatment with deferasirox was evaluated in 31 patients with sickle cell anemia and transfusional iron overload. At 24...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hemoglobin Sickle cell anemia Thalassemia When an African male complaining of thoracic pain presented at our hospital 13 years ago, we could easily have overlooked our first encounter with sickle cell anemia if we had...

.... Furthermore, β S -haplotypes CAR and Ben were not associated with any analyzed feature of children with sickle cell anemia. 10 05 2010 16 08 2010 12 10 2010 © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel 2010 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

...N.V. Dimitrov; F.R. Douwes; Barbara Bartolotta; S. Nochumson; Mary Ann Toth Polymorphonuclear (PMN) leukocytes from patients with sickle cell anemia and a history of repeated infection failed to show a stimulation of respiratory CO 2 , O 2 consumption, oxidation of formate and reduction...

...Maria L. Falter; Margaret G. Robinson; O. Ok Soon Kim; S. Suat Cheng Go; S.P. Taubkin Splenic functions have been studied in children with sickle cell anemia by determination of 99 Tcm uptake and release of factor VIII after adrenaline infusion. A significant correlation between early cessation...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hb Gα Georgia Hb S-Gα Georgia Hemoglobin interactions Hemoglobinopathies Sickle cell anemia Acta Haemat. 51: 315...

...Richard E. Helmer III; Bettye A. Sayle; Jack B. Alperin; Frank H. Gardner A patient with sickle cell anemia was hospitalized because of an acute erythropoietic aplastic crisis. 111 In chloride bone marrow scintigraphy performed during the aplastic crisis showed markedly impaired uptake...

... to in the content or advertisements. Sickle cell anemia Hemoglobin S 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate Acta haemat. 59: 237-245 (1978) Benign Sickle Cell Anemia in Israeli-Arabs with High Red Cell 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate E ugene F. R oth, jr., E liezer H. R achmilewitz, Alicia Schifter and R onald L. N agel Division...

...P. Hernández; J. Carnot; C. Cruz; E. Dorticós; E. Espinosa; A. Gonzáles; M.N. Santos; R. Villaescusa Circulating immune complexes in sera from sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients were investigated using inhibition of complement-dependent lymphocyte rosette formation (EAC rosette inhibition...

...A.I. Alayash; A. Dafallah; H. Al-Husayni; A.K. Al-Ali; A. Al-Quorain; A.H.S. Omer; M.T. Wilson; J. Bonaventura; R. Cashon Glycosylated hemoglobin was determined by the thiobarbituric acid method in sickle cell anemia patients from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The level of glycosylated...

... in patients with sickle cell anemia when compared with those SS subjects with G-6-PD deficiency. Since glycosylated Hb is considered as an index of the red blood cell’s life span, it is suggested that the enzyme defect in these patients is possibly ameliorating the severity of sickle cell anemia Actahaemat...

... disorders and displays the profile of erythrocyte density heterogeneity for the individual sickle cell patient. Red cell density Sickle cell anemia Original Papers Actahaemat. 71: 361-370(1984) Erythrocyte Density Distribution in Sickle Cell Anemia Henri B. Weems, Lawrence S. Lessin Division...

...Baker Al-Awamy; Saud A. Taha; Mahtab A. Naeem A questionnaire study of 42 Saudi patients with sickle cell anemia revealed that none of them had ever suffered from priapism. A comparison of hematological parameters between Jamaican priapism patients and Saudi non-priapism patients suggested...

...A.I. Alayash; A. Dafallah; A.A. Al-Quorain; A.H.S. Omer; M.T. Wilson Plasma zinc and copper concentrations were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy in 57 patients with sickle cell anemia and in 45 control subjects from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Plasma zinc and copper levels...