Sickle cell disease is a chronic haemolytic disorder that is marked by tendency of
hemoglobin molecules within red blood cell to polymerise and deform the red cell into a …

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the growth of homozygous sickle cell
disease children aged 12–60 months with their non-sickle cell disease counterparts in North …

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the anthropometric variables of
children with sickle cell anaemia and comparing it with those with normal haemoglobin …

Some of the long-term complications of sickle cell anaemia are growth retardation and
morphometric changes that affect prediction anthropometry. This study on the morphometric …

The nutritional status, anthropometric indices and the retrospective attainment of menarche
were studied in homozygous sickle cell patients. The control subjects were 150 students in …

Background: Sickle cell disease has become a common inherited hemoglobin disorder.
Various reports have shown that a high mortality rate of children under five years of age was …

Purpose: A child's growth is a reflection of it nutritional and pubertal status and its proven
that nutrition is a factor affecting pubertal development. Sickle cell patients often have …

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is considered as one of the major types of anemia in
Sudan, especially the western part of the country. We studied clinical and hematological …

Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) has multisystemic manifestations and is associated
with severe morbidity and high mortality. It commonly affects growth leading to wasting and …

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess some haemostatic parameters in sickle cell
anaemia subjects in Rivers and Bayelsa States. Study Design: This study is a cross …