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16240879

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder involving the haemoglobin designated as haemoglobin S, an autosomic recessive hereditary disease. It is the most frequent hereditary disease in sub-Saharan Africa, however epidemiological studies performed with a systematic neonatal screening in Brussels and Liège have proven that more than one neonate over 2.000 has a sickle cell disease. If this amount is significant, at the level of each physician the number of patient-contacts will be weak. Another aspect of the disease is the variability in its expression: some patients suffer from multiple and chronic organ alterations while other suffer also from acute events which might lead to death if not treated appropriately. The poor experience of each physician, the lack of the disease knowledge by the population, the symptoms complexity, and the socio-economical aspects of sickle cell disease explain that it can be considered as an "exotic" disease but also as a public health problem. A global and dedicated approach of the patient as a whole must be implemented. This is the reason for the existence of the "Réseau des Hémoglobinopathies": http://www.redcellnet.be/.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0035-3639
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S309-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Sickle cell disease: exotic disease or a Belgian public health problem?].
pubmed:affiliation
Services de Chimie Médicale, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review