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28 %28% of fathers in the study population had been screened for sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

2.6 %Mothers with SS or SC status screen 2.6% of their children.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

42 %Painful crisis occurred in 42% of children aged over ten years with sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

26 %Only 26% of the study population has already been screened for sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

Augmentation index was higher in sickle cell disease patients than in healthy control adults.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2016CirculationPubMeddocument of 5 observations

3.7 %For 3.7% of the population, the death of a close relative during a sickle cell crisis was the point at which they became aware of the seriousness of sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

46.9 %46,9 % des enfants dépistés étaient homozygotes pour la drépanocytose.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved du 1er janvier au 30 septembre 2016published 2020Africa SanguineOpenAlexdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.4314/asan.v22i1.2

HbSS phenotype was more prevalent in children between 5 and 9 years and between 10 and 14 years of age.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

8.1 %In sickle cell children aged 6 months to 15 years in Libreville, Gabon, iron overload prevalence was 8.1%.

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

28 %28% of fathers had been screened for sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

15.8 %Among fever episodes in children with sickle-cell disease, headache was reported in 15.8% of cases.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2014Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2014.44036

11 positive blood culturesA retrospective study over a 2-year period (January 1994–December 1995) in the pediatric department of HPO found positive blood cultures 11 times in children aged 3 months to 16 years with sickle cell disease.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved January 1994–December 1995HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

7.8 %Only 187 (7.8%) adults had their children screened for sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

14.4 10^9/LHomozygous sickle cell anaemia patients had white blood cells of 14.40 × 10^9 /L.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2019The Nigerian postgraduate medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

79 %In this panel of children with sickle cell disease, 35 (79%) are taken care of through the conventional CNAMGS system.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

275,000 naissances_par_anL'impact mondial de la drépanocytose (SCD) est estimé à environ 275 000 naissances chaque année.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 36 observations

36.6 %Jaundice was found as a post-transfusion complication in 36.6% (n=26) of the children.

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

11 positive_blood_culturesA retrospective study over a 2-year period (January 1994–December 1995) in the pediatric department of HPO found 11 positive blood cultures in children with sickle cell disease aged 3 months to 16 years.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved January 1994-December 1995HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

2 per_3_childrenSickle cell disease kills about two out of three children in Gabon before the age of five years.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

30 %Only 30% of parturient women authorized sampling for neonatal sickle cell disease screening.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved 2016published 2021African journal of reproductive healthPubMeddocument of 3 observations

37 %37% of mothers did not know sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

70.1 daysThe mean number of days under penicillin treatment in the past year was 70.1 days in children with sickle cell anaemia in Gabon.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2013Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

37 %37% of mothers in the study population had performed hemoglobin electrophoresis testing.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

26.8 %The Coombs test was positive in 26.8% (n=19) of the children.

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

22 patientsStudies carried out between January 1989 and December 1999 on a population of 22 adolescents with sickle cell (SS) showed that femoral head complications impact the lifestyle of the sickle cell child.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved January 1989 to December 1999HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations