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Preparation of a children’s book to talk about Sickle Cell Disease
Alegre, Livia Basso; Santos, Jorge Henrique Corrêa dos; Silva-Pinto, Ana Cristina; Lotério, Lucas dos Santos; Santos, Manoel Antônio dosSickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is a hematological, genetic, and chronic disease that often requires hospitalizations and constant outpatient care. This study aims to describe the steps in the elaboration of a book with the purpose of encouraging conversations with children with AF about the disease, explaining its functioning, symptomatology, and limitations it entails in daily life. The following steps were followed...
Deep sequencing applied to the analysis of viromes in patients with beta-thalas...
Valença, Ian Nunes; Santos, Rafael Bezerra dos; Peronni, Kamila Chagas; Sauvage, Virginie; Vandenbogaert, Mathias; Caro, ValérieTo date, blood banks apply routine diagnosis to a specific spectrum of transfusion-transmitted viruses. Even though this measure is considered highly efficient to control their transmission, the threat imposed by emerging viruses is increasing globally, which can impact transfusion safety, especially in the light of the accelerated viral discovery by novel sequencing technologies. One of the most important grou...
Sickle cell disease and pregnancy : analysis of 34 patients followed at the Reg...
Silva-Pinto, Ana Cristina; Ladeira, Simery de Oliveira Domingues; Brunetta, Denise Menezes; Santis, Gil Cunha De; Angulo, Ivan de LucenaObjective: The objective of this study was to verify the evolution of pregnancies in sickle cell patients followed at one institution over a period of 12 years (January 2000 to June 2012). Methods: The study evaluated 34 pregnant women with sickle cell disease with a mean age of 23.9 ± 5.3 years. The incidence of obstetric complications, non-obstetric complications linked to sickle cell disease and complication...