sickle-cell disease

The disease leaves patients prone to a number of acute and chronic health problems such as infection, attacks of severe pain known as "sickle-cell crisis" and stroke.

The associations between air quality and the number of hospital admissions for acute pain and sickle-cell disease in an urban environment.

A biopsychosocial model for the management of patients with Sickle-Cell Disease transitioning to adult medical care.

[USA], Sep 04 (ANI): A new study sheds light on how sickle-cell disease occurs when deformed red blood cells clump together, blocking tiny blood vessels and causing severe pain and swelling in the affected body parts.

Approximately seven per cent of the world's populations are healthy carriers of a gene for sickle-cell disease or thalassaemia.

The work reflects his lifelong struggle with sickle-cell disease.

Management of osteonecrosis in sickle-cell anemia and its genetic variants.

Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited condition caused by an abnormal form of haemoglobin in the blood and is more common in people of African descent.

The pain was caused by Haywood's sickle-cell disease, a genetic condition in which misshapen red blood cells build up in the blood vessels and cause infections, strokes, and excruciating episodes of pain.

Decreased RBC's elasticity is central to the pathophysiology of sickle-cell disease.

Sickle-cell disease is a hereditary blood disorder that affects red blood cells which can lead to life-threatening complications and a life expectancy of 20-30 years less than those that are not affected.