2018
Sickle cell disease
Kato G, Piel F, Reid C, Gaston M, Ohene-Frempong K, Krishnamurti L, Smith W, Panepinto J, Weatherall D, Costa F, Vichinsky E. Sickle cell disease. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2018, 4: 18010. PMID: 29542687, DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2018.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseCell diseaseHaematopoietic stem cell transplantationAcute pain eventsAcute chest syndromeHigh-burden settingsStem cell transplantationCommon acute complicationHemoglobin subunit βNewborn screening programsUniversal newborn screening (NBS) programsChest syndromeAcute complicationsChronic complicationsBlood transfusionCell transplantationPathophysiological mechanismsPain eventsScreening programEarly diagnosisSCD phenotypeImmune systemΒ-globin subunitDiseaseComplications
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