Analyzing effects of sickle cell disease on morphometric and cranial growth in Indian population

• Main Authors: Kumari Menka (Author), Kumar Anand (Author), Mrigank Shekhar Jha (Author), Abhinav Goel (Author), Saba Nasreen (Author), Devendra H Palve (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Sickle cell disease is the most pervasive autosomal recessive hereditary blood diseases and is characterized by the presence of sickle hemoglobin (HbS), which in turn gives rise to pathophysiological consequences. This HbS reduces the agility of erythrocytes plummeting their ability to p...