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5.24 10^9/LHomozygous sickle cell anaemia patients had lymphocytes of 5.24 × 10^9 /L.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2019The Nigerian postgraduate medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

46.6 %Staphylococcus aureus carriage prevalence was 46.6% among children with sickle cell anaemia in Gabon.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2013Epidemiology and infectioneurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

3 per_103 out of 10 children with sickle cell disease have poor schooling.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

217 participants217 participants (22.1%) had sickle cell disease status AS.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

8 casesA retrospective study carried out between 2016 and 2019 in Gabon found that the indication for splenectomy in sickle cell disease was hypersplenism in 8 cases, splenic sequestration in 3 cases, and splenic infarction in 2 cases.

Gabondrépanocytose · hypersplenismobserved 2016–2019HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

The management of priapism in male sickle cell patients in Gabon is essentially surgical.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

76 %76% of sickle cell anaemia patients had normochromia.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2019The Nigerian postgraduate medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

24.5 %During the pandemic, 24.50% of sickle-cell subjects in Franceville, Gabon refrained from going to hospital.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2023South Asian Research Journal of Applied Medical SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 4 observations

88.23 %The specificity of the Sickle SCAN® test exceeded 88.23% for all phenotypes (HbSS, HbAS, and HbSC).

Gabondrépanocytose · HbSC · trait drépanocytairepublished 2023International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.21106/ijtmrph.315

81 %81% of fathers who had been screened for sickle cell disease had hemoglobin status HbAA.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

28.5 %Only 49 (28.5%) parents of children with sickle cell disease understood sickle cell disease complications.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved 2019published 2025Journal of public health in AfricaPubMeddocument of 4 observations

34 %Mothers with AA status screen 34% of their children.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

The main causes of death in sickle cell disease are severe anemia, infections, and blood transfusion complications.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

1,000,000 XFAThe medical care of a sickle cell child can go up to 1,000,000 XFA or 1,500,000 XFA per week.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

500,000 childrenAn estimated 500,000 children are born each year with sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

30.3 %Malaria was identified as the cause of fever in 30.3% of fever episodes among children with sickle-cell disease.

Gabondrépanocytose · paludismepublished 2014Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2014.44036

-0.85 z-scoreBefore 59 months, the z-score of the brachial perimeter for age was smaller in children with sickle cell disease (-0.85 versus -0.19).

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2018International Journal of Clinical PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.14740/ijcp290w

7 g/dlThe inter-critical hemoglobin level was 7 g/dl.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2025World Journal of Advanced Research and ReviewsOpenAlexdocument of 11 observations

3 rankLa drépanocytose est la 3ème cause d’hospitalisation au Gabon et de mortalité infantile très importante.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 3 observations

28 households28 out of 160 households performed neonatal sickle cell testing on their children.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

36 casesAcute anemia accounted for 36 cases of hospitalization among children under five years old with sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

9 %In sickle cell children aged 6 months to 15 years in Libreville, Gabon, iron deficiency prevalence was 9%.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2022Hematology & Transfusion International JournalOpenAlexdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.15406/htij.2022.10.00275

82 %Infection accounted for 82% of acute complications found in sickle cell disease patients at the Hôpital d’instruction des armées Omar Bongo Ondimba.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

1.48 g/dlThe post-transfusion gain in hemoglobin was 1.48±1.3 g/dl.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2025World Journal of Advanced Research and ReviewsOpenAlexdocument of 11 observations

63 %63% of mothers in the study population had never performed hemoglobin electrophoresis testing.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations