Sickle cell retinopathy in Jamaican children: a search for prognostic factors
Br J Ophthalmol
; 67(11): 782-5, Nov. 1983.
Article
in English
| MedCarib
| ID: med-14708
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JM3.1
Localization: JM3.1; RE1.B75
ABSTRACT
Children with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and with sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease, aged 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 years, were examined by fluorescein angiography/angioscopy to determine the presence of retinal nonperfusion. The haematological and clinical features of children with and without nonperfusion were compared. Retinal vessel closure was significantly correlated with low total haemoglobin, and high fetal haemoglobin, reticulocyte, and irreversibly sickled cell counts in SS disease, and with high reticulocyte count in SC disease. No relationships were apparent between vessel closure and other haematologial indices or clinical events in either genotype (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MedCarib
Main subject:
Retinal Diseases
/
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
/
Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
Br J Ophthalmol
Year:
1983
Document type:
Article