Article
Conjunctival vessel abnormalities in sickle cell diseases: the influence of age and genotype.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Oct 1990
Siqueira W C, Figueiredo M S, Cruz A A, Costa F F, Zago M A
Abstract excerpt
Conjunctival vessels were examined with a slit-lamp and the abnormalities were graded in 77 patients with sickle cell diseases, including 48 with sickle cell anaemia, 17 with sickle cell beta (0)-thalassaemia and 12 with HbS/HbC disease. The study demonstrated the occurrence of similar conjunctiv...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aging
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Conjunctiva
- Genotype
- Hemoglobin SC Disease
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Thalassemia
