Maximizing longevity: erythropoietin's impact on sickle cell anaemia survival rates

EI Obeagu - Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) stands as a hereditary blood disorder characterized by mutated
haemoglobin, causing red blood cells to adopt a sickle shape, leading to complications like …

The role of blood rheology in sickle cell disease

P Connes, T Alexy, J Detterich, M Romana… - Blood reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Studies performed in the last decades have highlighted the need to better understand the
contribution of the endothelium, vascular function, oxidative stress, inflammation …

Chronic and acute anemia and extracranial internal carotid stenosis are risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia

F Bernaudin, S Verlhac, C Arnaud… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Early transcranial Doppler (TCD) screening of the Créteil sickle cell anemia (SCA)-newborn
cohort, and rapid initiation of transfusion programs, resulted in successful prevention of overt …

Coagulation abnormalities of sickle cell disease: Relationship with clinical outcomes and the effect of disease modifying therapies

D Noubouossie, NS Key, KI Ataga - Blood reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hypercoagulable state. Patients exhibit increased platelet
activation, high plasma levels of markers of thrombin generation, depletion of natural …

Haemolysis and abnormal haemorheology in sickle cell anaemia

P Connes, Y Lamarre, X Waltz… - British journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Although pulmonary hypertension, leg ulcers, priapism, stroke and glomerulopathy in sickle
cell anaemia (SCA) result from the adverse effects of chronic haemolysis on vascular …

Vascular instability and neurological morbidity in sickle cell disease: an integrative framework

H Stotesbury, JM Kawadler, PW Hales… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It is well-established that patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at substantial risk of
neurological complications, including overt and silent stroke, microstructural injury, and …

Arterial ischemic stroke in children: risk factors and etiologies

AL Numis, CK Fox - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2014 - Springer
Stroke is increasingly recognized as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in
children, and as a financial burden for families and society. Recent studies have identified …

Stroke prevalence in children with sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LJ Marks, D Munube, P Kasirye… - Global pediatric …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives. The prevalence of stroke among children with sickle cell disease (SCD) in sub-
Saharan Africa was systematically reviewed. Methods. Comprehensive searches of …

Infrared Spectroscopy: A New Frontier in Hematological Disease Diagnosis

C Delrue, R Speeckaert, M Oyaert, T Kerre… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hematological diseases, due to their complex nature and diverse manifestations, pose
significant diagnostic challenges in healthcare. The pressing need for early and accurate …

Does physical activity increase or decrease the risk of sickle cell disease complications?

C Martin, V Pialoux, C Faes, E Charrin… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited disease in the world. Red blood cell
sickling, blood cell-endothelium adhesion, blood rheology abnormalities, intravascular …