Abstract In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sickle cell disease is not yet really
regarded as a health care priority. The patterns of sickle cell disease in patients living in …

Management of major sickle hemoglobinopathies in industrialized countries has improved
significantly over the last few years thanks to strict application of the preventive and curative …

Introduction: sickle cell disease is the most common inherited hemoglobin disease globally
and remains a significant concern worldwide and in Africa. This study aimed to determine …

ABSTRACT Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the third most
affected country worldwide by sickle cell disease (SCD). However, this disease is still …

Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease most common in blacks. We retrospectively collected
records for patients with sickle cell disease who were seen from January 2002 through …

Sickle cell disease is the commonest single gene disease in Africa. Morbidity and mortality
from this disease has remained unacceptably high in Africa whereas there has been a …

[Mortality of children with sickle cell disease in a pediatric department in Central Africa]. -
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Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of a unique non-random sampling from 50
families affected by sickle cell disease in Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo …

Abstract Background Although Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle cell disease (SCD)
worldwide, there is still variable and poor utilisation of standard-of-care practices for SCD …

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a public health problem in the Democratic Republic
of Congo. While reference sickle cell centers have been implemented in capital cities of …