ASH 2010 meeting report-Top 10 clinically oriented abstracts in sickle-cell disease

2010 Annual Meeting Abstracts

SICB 2010 Annual Meeting Abstracts

Cynthia A; HRANITZ, John M; Bloomsburg University; [email protected] Temperature-Induced Stress Responses in the Blackworm (Lumbriculus variegatus) The aquatic worm Lumbriculus variegatus (blackworm) is an ideal candidate for toxicity testing and is being used increasingly to assess ecological risk. Blackworms are sensitive to sublethal doses of various toxins and display readily observable b...

Intracardiac Thrombosis in Sickle Cell Disease

In patients with sickle cell disease, thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare complication. Also in sickle cell disease, intracardiac thrombus formation without structural heart diseases or atrial arrhythmias is a rare phenomenon. We herein describe a 22-year-old woman, who was a known case of sickle cell-βthalassemia, had a history of recent missed abortion, and was admitted with a vaso-occlusive...

Neonatal Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Southwest Iran

the risk of sickle cell complications that is a common hemoglobin disorder in Southwest Iran. This study aimed at determining the incidence of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and other Hemoglobinopathies in newborn being at risk based on ethnic origin. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive epidemiologic  study, between September 2013 and September 2015, 8363 newborn blood samples were test...

Pulmonary Spirometry Parameters in Patients with Sickle Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease at Shafa Hospital in Khuzestan Province-Iran

Abstract Background Prevalence of hereditary blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia, sickle thalassemia and thalassemia major are high in Khuzestan province. Sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia are predominantly common in Iranian Arabs. Pulmonary complications account for a large proportion of morbidity and mortality in patients with and sickle cell disease. Periodic lung function asse...