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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) includes a group of rare inherited monogenic diseases caused by mutations of genes involved in hemoglobin biosynthesis and is characterized by the presence of a hemoglobin variant (HbS); transmission occurs according to mendelian recessive mode.
The term "Sickle Cell
In Egypt beta thalassemia-major is the most common type with carrier rate of 5.3 to ≥9%and 1000 new cases born with beta-thalassemia major per 1.5 million live births per year.
Children born with thalassemia major are normal at birth, but develop severe hemolytic anemia during the first year of
Background Complications of diabetes represent the main concern for modern diabetes therapy, and it has become a priority to further characterize the pathophysiological mechanisms of these complications to ensure the development of novel rational therapeutic strategies.
Although the prolonged
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder of hemoglobin that affects millions of individuals worldwide, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the greatest burden of disease. The leading causes of hospitalization and death in individuals with sickle cell disease are painful VOE (associated with
About 10% of African Americans have an abnormal hemoglobin gene. About 8% of African Americans are heterozygous for Hb S. In the United States, sickle cell anemia primarily occurs in the black population, with approximately 0.2% of African American children afflicted by this disease. The prevalence