Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) demonstrate an increased susceptibility to invasive
bacterial infections (IBI). The most common organisms causing IBI are Streptococcus …

Purpose To present five cases of orbital infarction in sickle cell disease and review relevant
literature. Method We reviewed the hospital records of 5 patients with sickle cell disease who …

The aim of our study was to assess the cytokine profile of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients
in steady state and in vaso‐occlusive crisis (VOC). VOC has a complex nature, involving …

PURPOSE: To determine the role of hematological and genetic factors in the development of
orbital infarction in sickle cell disease. DESIGN: Retrospective, noncomparative case series…

Mutations in the anion exchanger 1 (AE1) gene encoding the erythroid and kidney anion (chloride–bicarbonate)
exchanger 1 may result in familial distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) in …

… Lgll) were detected in 16 out of 148 Nigerian patients (Knox-Macaulay, 1989). Reduced red
cell … Lg/l), but a larger number were mildly deficient (KnoxMacaulay, 1989). Other studies …

A hospital-based epidemiological study of de novo acute leukaemia was carried out in the
Sultanate of Oman, a sparsely populated Arabian Gulf country which has undergone rapid …

A young Arab woman with sickle cell-[[beta]. sup. o]-thalassemia disease developed acute
colonic pseudo-obstruction that became chronic but showed some response to hydroxyurea. …

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) immmunophenotypes were analysed by flow cytometry
in 65 Omani patients (46 children, 19 adults). Common (“CALLA-positive”) ALL was the …

Gaucher-like cells were found in the bone marrow and liver of an Omani teenager who had
common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL) confirmed on peripheral blood analysis by the …