Article
Adiponectin Levels During Steady State and Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Nigerian Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia
2025-09-11
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a chronic inflammatory hemoglobinopathy marked by recurrent vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) and end-organ damage. Adiponectin, an adipokine with anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, is well-studied in metabolic disorders but remains underexplored in SCA. This study assessed serum adiponectin levels in Nigerian children with SCA durin...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4e03f841-7824-5468-b7ed-093d420b8448
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6319157/v1
