Fatores de risco para aloimunização em pacientes com anemia falciforme

In the absence of a national record of sickle cell disease in Brazil, contributions like the article “Demographic aspects and quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia” are

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels were lower in sickle cell anemia patients who were receiving hydroxyurea treatment than those who were not (p-value = 0.1249).. Sickle cell

Conclusion: Left ventricular hypertrophy was observed in more than one-third of the young patients with sickle cell anemia with this finding being inversely correlated to the

In contrast, there was a difference regarding the frequency of the red blood cell Le(a-b-) phenotypes, associated with erythrocyte/saliva discordance, as confirmed by the

This was attributed to a lower number of transfusions received by that group, as also observed by others (20,21). In the present study, the association between Hb SC phenotype

Similarly, no significant differences in the distributions of reticulocyte counts were found in the present study (Reference value: 1%; see Table S1,

Given the peculiarities of sickle cell anemia and its sequelae in the oral cavity, this study examined caries and socioeconomic factors in children with this

In contrast, there was a difference regarding the frequency of the red blood cell Le(a-b-) phenotypes, associated with erythrocyte/saliva discordance, as confirmed by the