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Upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions in dyspeptic patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in Kenya.
(1998)
A case controlled study comprising 51 patients with homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease who complained of dyspepsia and 41 age and sex matched non-HbSS control dyspeptic patients was carried out, to look at upper ...
Fibrinolytic activity in adult Kenyan patients with sickle cell disease
(1998)
The sickling of erythrocytes increases viscosity and reduces the rate of both local circulation and arterio-venous transit time. This causes occlusion of capillaries by "microthrombin". The occlusion is implicated in the ...
Clinical and laboratory predictors of cholelithiasis in patients with sickle cell anaemia.
(1998-06)
Cholelithiasis is a common clinical condition in patients with sickle cell disease and there are conflicting reports on laboratory indices useful in predicting those patients who are likely to have gallstones. There is ...