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New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1991; 5 (2 Supp.): 88-90
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-21648

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Osteoarticular complications are common in sickle cell anemia. Decreased bone mineral density [BMD] can lead to painful microfractures in poorly oxygenated tissue. Therefore, we investigated the BMD in 19 sickle cell disease [SCD] pediatric patients and 10 control children using single photon absorptiometry. In 42.1% of cases, the BMD in the lumbar area was decreased 1.60.3 SD below mean for age. Our results were different from a similar study carried out on American children. However, since other factors responsible for bony complications in this chronic disease can not be avoided, remineralization strategies during the pain-free period is suggested trying to prevent the possible microfractures which play an important role in the etiology of bone painful crises


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Humans , Bone Density , Sickle Cell Trait
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