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Two National Institutes of Health-funded primary stroke prevention trials included initial hydroxyurea treatment for children with sickle cell anemia and abnormal transcranial Doppler velocities in Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Pediatric neurologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

4.2 %The overall prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism among children with sickle cell anaemia in this study was 4.2%.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · subclinical hypothyroidismpublished 2023Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

98.9 %After a health education session, 98.9% of pregnant women understood that both parents must have at least one gene for someone to have sickle cell disease, compared to 77.5% before the session.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

42 patientsAmong the 257 enrolled sickle cell anaemia patients, 42 had proteinuric chronic kidney disease.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · proteinuric chronic kidney diseaseobserved January 2013 to April 2018published 2021Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

33.3 %A third of the study participants (33.3%) expressed a contrary standpoint regarding prioritising sickle cell screening in their relationships.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

65.5 %Among the 58 patients with sickle cell anemia, 65.5% were males.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 9 observations

65 %The pediatric department (CHER+CHOP) recorded the highest proportion of sickle cell disease cases at 65%.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2013 to 2014published 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

1.16 cmSickle cell anemia subjects had a smaller mean inferior vena cava diameter than non-SCA subjects (1.16 cm ± 0.29 vs. 1.25 cm ± 0.33).

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 9 observations

73.4 %Three-quarters of the participants (73.4%) supported the need for contextual legislation to prohibit marriage between two sickle cell carriers.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

2.7 x10¹²/LRed blood cell count in steady state subjects was 2.7 ± 0.4.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

72.4 %Isoelectric focusing (IEF) tests identified 370 (72.4%) HbAA, 133 (26.0%) HbAS, 5 (1.0%) HbSS, and 3 (0.6%) HbAC phenotypes among 511 newborns.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Frontiers in geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

15.5 %Among 308 children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria, cerebral artery blood velocity was conditional in 48 (15.5%).

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023Archives of disease in childhoodPubMeddocument of 5 observations

The mean heart rate in crisis was higher than in steady state.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Cardiology in the youngPubMeddocument of 6 observations

52 %Abnormal LV geometry was detected in 52% of the SCA patients.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2026BMC cardiovascular disordersPubMeddocument of 6 observations

55.6 %Among 135 physicians caring for SCD patients in a southwestern state of Nigeria, 75 (55.6%) were willing to recommend the national government newborn screening program.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020TheScientificWorldJournalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

73.6 %Among the healthcare workers, 39 (73.6%) were aware of Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024Frontiers in public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

No patients with chronic leg ulcer was diabetic.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé) · drépanocytose · leg ulcersobserved 2015published 2020African journal of laboratory medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

34,000 patientsOver 34,000 patients with sickle cell disease are enrolled in the SickleInAfrica consortium registry.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025BMJ global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

-0.1 correlation_coefficientBMI correlated negatively with left ventricular mass index (LVMI) among the subjects (r = -0.1, P = 0.53).

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 3 observations

0.24 %The estimated average birth prevalence of HbSC in Nigeria was 0.24%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021The Lancet. Haematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

Myocardial ischaemia scores were higher in patients with crisis than in those in steady state.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Cardiology in the youngPubMeddocument of 6 observations

60 %The prevalence of ocular abnormalities among 120 children aged 5 to 15 years with sickle cell disease in steady state was 60.0%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021European journal of ophthalmologyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

23.6 yearsThe mean age of male patients with sickle cell disease in Ibadan, Nigeria, was 23.6 years with a standard deviation of 8.8 years.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations

10.8 %The prevalence of HbSC was 10.8% among sickle cell disease patients.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · HbSCpublished 2022Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 17 observationsDOI 10.4084/mjhid.2022.001

1,213 casesOf the 7,256 children and adolescents with sickle cell disease, 1,213 (16.7%) had respiratory morbidities.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · respiratory morbiditiesobserved 2012 to 2021published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 12 observations

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