Clinical management of sickle cell liver disease in children and young adults

…, M Davenport, N Heaton, S Height… - Archives of disease in …, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
Liver involvement in sickle cell disease (SCD) is often referred to as sickle cell hepatopathy
(SCH) and is a complication of SCD which may be associated with significant mortality. This …

Windy weather and low humidity are associated with an increased number of hospital admissions for acute pain and sickle cell disease in an urban environment with …

S Jones, ER Duncan, N Thomas… - British journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterised by intermittent episodes of acute severe pain,
related to vaso‐occlusion. Environmental factors are thought to play an important role, and …

Immune tolerance therapy for haemophilia

AYL Ho, SE Height, MP Smith - Drugs, 2000 - Springer
The development of anti-factor VIII and anti-factor IX allo-antibodies in haemophilia A and B,
respectively, remains a serious complication of treatment for these two X-linked haemostatic …

Longitudinal assessment of lung function in children with sickle cell disease

…, G Rafferty, M Dick, D Rees, S Height… - Pediatric …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To prospectively assess longitudinal lung function in children with sickle cell
disease (SCD). Working hypothesis Lung function in SCD children deteriorates with …

[HTML][HTML] Extracranial internal carotid arterial disease in children with sickle cell anemia

CR Deane, D Goss, J Bartram, KRE Pohl… - …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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The associations between air quality and the number of hospital admissions for acute pain and sickle‐cell disease in an urban environment

D Yallop, ER Duncan, E Norris… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical severity of sickle‐cell disease (SCD) is dependent on genetic and
environmental variables. Environmental factors have been poorly studied. We have …

Lamin B‐receptor mutations in Pelger–Huët anomaly

…, F Salvati, J Kallo, C Garner, S Height… - British journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Pelger–Huët anomaly is an inherited abnormality of neutrophils, characterized by reduced
nuclear segementation and an apparently looser chromatin structure. Following linkage …

Primary budd-chiari syndrome in children: King's College hospital experience

…, R Khanna, N Bab, E Kyrana, S Height… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Primary Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare cause of liver disease in children in the
western world. Here we present a retrospective review of children with Primary Budd-Chiari …

[HTML][HTML] Biopsychosocial predictors of quality of life in paediatric patients with sickle cell disease

…, M Pelidis, J Howard, S Chakravorty, S Height… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of inherited blood disorders with considerable
morbidity that causes severe pain, reduces life expectancy, and requires significant self …

Airways obstruction and pulmonary capillary blood volume in children with sickle cell disease

CJ Wedderburn, D Rees, S Height, M Dick… - Pediatric …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Objectives and Working Hypothesis Airways obstruction occurs in young children
with sickle cell disease (SCD). Our aim was to test the hypothesis that increased pulmonary …