Previous studies have shown that patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at high risk for
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In the current study, we aimed to systematically review the …

Objectives: Acute pain is the main complication of sickle cell disease. Chronic pain (CP) and
neuropathic pain (NP) may also be experienced, but have not been formally described in …

Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have historically been considered underweight.
Despite increasing body mass index (BMI) in the general population, the prevalence of …

Abstract Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is associated with poor
outcomes in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. However, there is a paucity of data …

Background: Hemoglobin polymerization in sickle cell anemia (SCA) leads to abnormally
rigid and adhesive erythrocytes that obstruct blood vessels, leading to poor tissue perfusion …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a disease of abnormal hemoglobin associated with severe
clinical phenotype and recurrent complications. Hydroxyurea (HU) is one of the US-FDA …

Clinical manifestations are highly variable in sickle cell disease (SCD) and polymorphisms
(SNP) may modify vascular homeostasis. Because of this, we investigated of SNP of NOS3 …

ABSTRACT BMI percentile is a good index of nutritional status among pediatric patients. Yet
there is a dearth of information about the relationship between this important anthropometric …

Objective: Sickle cell anemia is a condition resulting from inheritance of two abnormal allele
of genes controlling βglobin formation. This haemoglobinopathy affects multiple organ …

Introduction: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a disease in which hemoglobin S exists in a
homozygous state, with prominent clinical features and a wide range of phenotypes. This …