2020
Should young children with sickle cell disease and an available human leukocyte antigen identical sibling donor be offered hematopoietic cell transplantation?
Krishnamurti L. Should young children with sickle cell disease and an available human leukocyte antigen identical sibling donor be offered hematopoietic cell transplantation? Hematology/Oncology And Stem Cell Therapy 2020, 13: 53-57. PMID: 32202246, DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2019.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic cell transplantationSickle cell diseaseQuality of lifeOverall survivalCell transplantationCell diseaseYoung childrenHLA-identical siblingsHuman leukocyte antigenSevere clinical presentationAvailable human leukocyte antigenFree survivalOrgan dysfunctionClinical presentationLeukocyte antigenIdentical siblingsPremature mortalityAvailable HLAYounger ageTransplantationHLAAgeDiseaseChildrenSurvival
2014
Feasibility of a Newborn Screening and Follow-up Programme for Sickle Cell Disease among South Gujarat (India) Tribal Populations
Italia Y, Krishnamurti L, Mehta V, Raicha B, Italia K, Mehta P, Ghosh K, Colah R. Feasibility of a Newborn Screening and Follow-up Programme for Sickle Cell Disease among South Gujarat (India) Tribal Populations. Journal Of Medical Screening 2014, 22: 1-7. PMID: 25341880, DOI: 10.1177/0969141314557372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseSCD babiesCell diseaseNewborn screeningSevere clinical complicationsHigh fetal hemoglobinNewborn screening programsSickle cell disordersClinical presentationTribal populationClinical complicationsNatural courseScreening programNewborn babiesCell disordersXmn I polymorphismBabiesDiseaseHome careFetal hemoglobinHigh-performance liquid chromatographyRegular monitoringScreeningPopulationΑ-thalassaemia