%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological, Clinical and Biological Characteristics of Cameroonian Children and Adolescents with Sickle-Cell Anemia | Insight Medical Publishing
%A Bengondo C
%A Bodieu Kenmegne A
%A Chetcha Chemegni B
%A Emelemie Megningue N
%A Mbanya D
%A Ngo Sack FF
%A Ngouadjeu E
%J Impact Factor: 0.2*; ICV 2016: 84.60
%D 2018
%R 10.21767/1989-5216.1000255
%X A total of 126 patients were included in the study- 65 girls and 61 boys. The mean age of the subjects was 8 ¡À 4 years (ranging from three to sixteen years). The most represented age group was that from 3-4 years of age. Most of the participants were from the Central Region (46%). All of the subjects were homozygous for hemoglobin SS. Subjects with yearly frequency of three vaso-occlusive crises represented 42.9% of the sample. 57.9% of the patients had been polytransfused within the past 3 years (>2 transfusions). Up to 45.2% of the patients had been hospitalized within the past year.
%U http://www.archivesofmedicine.com/medicine/epidemiological-clinical-and-biological-characteristics-of-cameroonian-children-and-adolescents-with-sicklecell-anemia.php?aid=21840