Open AccessThe bone pain crisis of sickle cell disease and malaria: Observations from Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
Jyotish Patel,
Bharati Patel,
G. R. Serjeant
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_334_16
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , etiology , malaria , sickle cell anemia , pediatrics , bone pain , epidemiology , immunology
Sickle cell disease is a common problem across central India, but its clinical features may differ from that in African populations. There is a need to define the features of sickle cell disease in India, and the current study addresses some features of the bone pain crisis.