Seizures Risk Factors in Sickle Cell Disease. The Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disease with an abnormal polymerization of sickle hemoglobin (HbS), characterized by changes in red blood cell shape resulting in vascular and systemic complications [1, 2]. It is the most common hemoglobinopathy, and in fact, the most common inherited blood disease in humans [3]. Annually, around 300,000 children are born with SCD, most of them are in Africa and South Asia (India) [4, 5]. In the United States, more than 100,000 people are affected, with an annual cost of $811.4 million dollars for hospitalizations [6, 7].

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - May 15, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Mohammed Nawaiseh, Ala Shaban, Mohammad Abualia, Rund Haddadin, Yara Nawaiseh, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Ahmed Yassin, Iyad Sultan Source Type: research