Renal Function in Children Suffering from Sickle Cell Disease: Challenge of Early Detection in Highly Resource-Scarce Settings - Aloni, Michel Ntetani; Ngiyulu, René Makwala; Gini-Ehungu, Jean-Lambert; Nsibu, Célestin Ndosimao; Ekila, Mathilde Bothale; Lepira, François Bompeka; Nseka, Nazaire Mangani (PloS one, 2014)
Keywords: Abnormalities; Acids; Anemia, Sickle Cell - blood; Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications; Anemia, Sickle Cell - diagnosis; Anemia, Sickle Cell - physiopathology; Blood; Blood Pressure; Child; Children; Comparative analysis; Counseling; Creatinine; Creatinine - blood; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Disease control; Early Diagnosis; Female; Haplotypes; Health Resources - supply & distribution; Hospitals; Humans; Hyperfiltration; Internal medicine; Kidney - physiopathology; Laboratories; Male; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mutation; Nephrology; Oncology; Pediatrics; Population; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Proteinuria; Proteinuria - complications; Renal function; Sickle cell anemia; Sickle cell disease; Statistical analysis; Urea; Urea - blood; Uric acid; Uric Acid - blood; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Niger; Ghana