Open AccessOcular findings in children with severe clinical symptoms of homozygous sickle cell anaemia in Kaduna, Nigeria
Author(s) -
UV Eruchalu,
Victoria Pam,
RM Akuse
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v25i2.28255
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , disease , scars , visual acuity , retinopathy , childhood blindness , ophthalmology , surgery , retinopathy of prematurity , pathology , pregnancy , genetics , biology , gestational age , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Sight-threatening retinopathy in Sickle Cell Disease is thought to be due mainly to vasoocclusion. Yet it is reportedly rarely found in children with Haemoglobin SS, (who most often suffer from vasoocclusion). However, earlier reports included patients with a wide range of clinical severity.