Background and objectives: The clinical manifestation in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients
varies from one individual to another due to factors like the presence of alpha-thalassaemia …

Background: Sickle cell anaemia is a major genetic disease in India that presents major
challenges to our health care systems. Aim and Objective: The aim of this study was to …

India, the most populous nation in the world, also has a high frequency of the sickle
hemoglobin (HbS) allele globally. The Arab Indian HbS haplotype in India is characterized …

Hematological profile of total 1260 individuals were tested for Sickle Cell Disease who
attended CIMS OPD, Bilaspur during a period of May 2008 to October 2009 is presented …

Our objective was to find out prevalence of sickle cell anemia among the population of three
districts (Kanker, Dantewada and Raigarh) of Chhattisgarh with clinical and hematological …

Hematological profile of homozygous sickle cell disease patients attending RHDMC from
Central India is presented. Central India has a huge population of sickle cell disease …

We evaluated the clinical and haematological features of 29 sickle cell anaemia patients
with associated alpha-thalassaemia and 22 sickle cell homozygotes with a normal alpha …

The sickle gene is widespread among many tribal population groups in India with
prevalence of heterozygotes varying from 1-40 per cent. Co-inheritance of the sickle gene …

Background A large number of patients with sickle cell anaemia are seen at the Medical
College, Calicut from among the tribals and Chetti communities of the adjacent Wayanad …

Sickle cell disease (SCD), the commonest single gene disorder worldwide, is an inherited
disease that has different clinical and hematological manifestations in different populations …