Methods We conducted a monocentric descriptive retrospective hospital study in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, over a ten-year period. All children with major sickle cell …

Objective: To highlight the epidemiological characteristics and plot the current mapping of
the sickle cell syndromes in children under 15 years old. Methods: A descriptive study was …

Sickle cell disease poses a public health problem in Senegal. It mainly affects children and
adolescents. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological, clinical and hematological …

The clinical spectrum of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the Arabian Peninsula varies widely.
This is the first report in Yemeni children. Methods: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study …

Materials and methods: This was a retrospective study, ranging from January 1, 2016 to
December 31, 2017. It involved all children who were followed for major sickle cell …

Results Homozygous sickle cell (SS) was the most frequent genotype (307 cases). Sickle
cell hemoglobin C (13 cases) and sickle cell beta-thalassemia (three cases) were …

Infection is the main factor of morbidity and mortality in children with sickle cell disease
(SCD). The objective of this study is to determine it's epidemiologic outline in senegalese …

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 …

Neonatal screening for sickle cell anemia is not a common practice in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC). Children with sickle cell disease are known to have an increased …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in African
children. Infection has been found to be a major cause of hospitalisation, a major precipitant …