Conjunctival vessel abnormalities in sickle cell diseases: the influence of age and genotype.

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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 conjunctival vessel abnormalities for the three sickle cell diseases which are, however, more severe in HbS homozygotes than in...

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