| Iron deficiency in Yemeni patients with sickle-cell disease. | |
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PMID: 22574477 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Despite the general view that patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) have iron overload, there are reports of iron deficiency in a proportion of these patients. We studied Yemeni patients aged 1-30 years with homozygous SCD to determine their iron status using a set of 4 criteria (low serum iron, low transferrin saturation, high total iron binding capacity and low mean corpuscular volume for age). Of the 75 patients, 44 had never been transfused while 31 patients had received blood transfusions but not during the 3-month period prior to the study. Of the patients, 10 (13.3%) met the criteria for iron deficiency, 9 of whom were from the non-transfused patients (20.5%). The sensitivity and specificity were 40% and 98% respectively for reticulocyte count and 80% and 90% respectively for reticulocyte index. We recommend screening non-transfused SCD patients for iron deficiency. |
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A Kassim; S Thabet; M Al-Kabban; K Al-Nihari |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ Volume: 18 ISSN: 1020-3397 ISO Abbreviation: East. Mediterr. Health J. Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-05-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9608387 Medline TA: East Mediterr Health J Country: Egypt |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 241-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Taiz, Taiz, Yemen. taizmedicine@yemen.net.ye |
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