Iron deficiency in Yemeni patients with sickle-cell disease

Despite the general view that patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) have iron overload, there are reports of iron deficiency in a proportion of these patients. We studied Yemeni patients aged 1-30 years with homozygous SCD to determine their iron status using a set of 4 criteria (low serum iron, l...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2012-03, Vol.18 (3), p.241-245
Hauptverfasser:	Kassim, A, Thabet, S, Al-Kabban, M, Al-Nihari, K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Anemia Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - blood Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - diagnosis Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - epidemiology Anemia, Sickle Cell - blood Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology Blood diseases Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data Blood transfusions Bone marrow Cellulose acetate Child Child, Preschool Clinical medicine Comorbidity Disease Female Humans Infant Iron Male Reticulocyte Count Yemen Young Adult
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