Sickle cell disease in Orissa State, India
Lancet
; 2(8517): 1198-201, Nov. 1986.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-13188
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R31.L3
ABSTRACT
A study of 131 patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Orissa State, India, indicated that, compared with Jamaican patients, Indian patients have higher frequencies of alpha thalassaemia, higher fetal haemoglobin, total haemoglobin, and red cell counts, and lower mean cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin concentration, and reticulocyte counts. Indian patients have a greater frequency and later peak incidence of splenomegaly, and hypersplenism is common. Painful crises and dactylitis are not uncommon in Indian patients but chronic leg ulceration is rare. Homozygous sickle cell disease in Orissa is similar to that in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and is very different from that in populations of West Africa origin.(Summary)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Anemia Falciforme
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Criança
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Criança, pré-escolar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
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Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Lancet
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Artigo