Background: Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a hereditary disorder associated with high
morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study is to determine the haematological …

Background: Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality involving the haemoglobin
synthesis. Although it is a primary red cell disorder, white blood cells (WBC) and platelets …

Background: There are documented established markers (indices) of disease severity in
patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and they determine the course of the disease. This …

Background Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality involving the haemoglobin.
Although, it is primarily a red cell disorders, the white blood cells and platelets are also …

Sickle cell anaemia patients in steady state have haematological values different from the
normal population. Sickle cell patients are in a steady state when they are not in crisis and …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains a major health burden in Sub-Saharan
Africa and the management requires regular monitoring of the patients. The monitoring …

Background: In Gabon, universal neonatal screening of sickle cell disease is not carried out
in rural areas, often leading to late detection of the disease. However, complete blood …

Generally, most of the hematological and biochemical parameters in SCD patients are
different from that of the other population. Hence, the importance of laboratory reference …

ABSTRACT Background: Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is the commonest genetic disorder
affecting the black race globally. Nigeria has the highest SCA burden of any country …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited chronic haemolytic disorder that is
characterised by chronic anaemia and recurrent body pains, with Nigeria accounting for the …