Influence of alpha-thalassemia on cholelithiasis in SS patients with elevated Hb F.

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Influence of alpha-thalassemia on cholelithiasis in SS patients with elevated Hb F.

Acta haematologica - 1 Dec 1998

Haider M Z, Ashebu S, Aduh P, Adekile A D

Abstract excerpt

Chronic hemolysis, with consequent hyperbilirubinemia, predisposes SS patients to pigment gallstones. The other factors which influence the development of stones in these patients have not been identified. We have carried out a combined prospective and retrospective study of SS patients in Kuwait...

Topics

Adolescent
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Arabs
Child
Child, Preschool
Cholelithiasis
Female
Genotype
Globins
Haplotypes
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Infant
Male
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Saudi Arabia

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