Article
Heamostatic and genetic predisposing factors for stroke in children with sickle cell anemia.
The Egyptian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2008
Mourad Heba, Fadel Wael, El Batch Manal, Rowisha Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic disorders characterized by the production of the abnormal hemoglobin S (HbS). Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the most common type of SCD and represents the homozygous form, in which the individual inherits a double dose of the abnormal gene that codes for hemoglobin S. This study was done to detect cases of silent and clinically overt strokes in children with sickle...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
