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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a serious hereditary blood disorder affecting millions of people around the world. Approximately 100,000 people have SCD and two and a half million have Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) in the United States. However, the literature on attitudes toward people with SCD is ...
(HealthDay)—Pregnant people with sickle cell trait (SCT) have increased risk of stillbirth, according to a study published online Nov. 24 inJAMA Network Open. Silvia P. Canelón, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined the potential association betwee...
People with sickle cell disease (SCD) or trait have many reproductive options, some of which decrease the chance of passing SCD to children, including in vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic testing (IVF+PGT). Few are aware of these options, and educational materials are needed. This...
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folks with sickle cell have crescent-shapedblood cells, so that prevents the oxygen from flowing and the blood from flowing normally. Typically, it affects those with an African decent, so obviously African Americans. One in 13 Black or African American babies is born with thesickle cell trait...
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COVID-19 outcomes among patients with sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait compared to the general population: a systematic review and meta-analyses Yachar Dawudi Loris Azoyan Olivier Steichen Annals of Hematology (2024) Comparison of UK paediatric SARS-CoV-2 admissions across the first an...
For example, if a known sickle cell trait carrier (AS) marries someone with the same genotype, they risk having a child with sickle cell disease (SS). This is not the type of equal yoke we are talking about. The probability is 1 in 4 with each pregnancy (AS + AS can result in 1...