1.
Br Med J
; 1(6126): 1515-6, 1978 Jun 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-656779
RESUMO
In Jamaican children with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease diagnosed at birth two-year survival was 87%, compared with 95% in children with sickle cell-haemoglobin C (CS) disease, and 99% in normal controls. Death among those with SS disease occurred most often between the ages of 6 and 12 months. Principal causes were acute splenic sequestration and pneumococcal infection. Neonatal diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies must be followed by close observation if mortality is to be reduced by early diagnosis and treatment of these complications.
Assuntos
Anemia Falciforme/mortalidade , Doença da Hemoglobina C/mortalidade , Fatores Etários , Anemia Falciforme/diagnóstico , Pré-Escolar , Seguimentos , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/diagnóstico , Jamaica , Infecções Pneumocócicas/mortalidade
2.
West Indian Med J
; 26(3): 150-6, 1977 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-906453