Sickle cell disease presenting in the third trimester of pregnancy: Delayed detection heralding a public health problem?

• প্রধান লেখক: Ankita Sharma (লেখক), Kavita Gaur (লেখক), Vandana Puri Tiwari (লেখক), Shailaja Shukla (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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We report the case of a 22-year-old primigravida detected as having sickle cell disease (SCD), initially presenting in the third trimester (30th week) of pregnancy. The patient came to our center with a complaint of severe lower limb pain. The peripheral smear showed marked anisopoikilocytosis, nume...