| Autor: |
Abiodun, P. O., Fatunde, O. J., Flach, K. H., Buck, T. |
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Annals of Hematology; March 1989, Vol. 58 Issue: 3 p147-150, 4p |
| Abstrakt: |
Screening of 143 children 6 months to 12 years of age with sickle-cell anemia showed that 39.2% were HBsAg-positive as compared with 19.3% of the 161 control children of the same age group, who had Hb genotype AA (?2=14.7383; P<0.001). Fifty percent of the HbSS children under the age of 1 year were HBsAg-positive as opposed to 4.3% of the control group (?2=9.1955; P<0.001), while 28.6% of patients were HBsAg-positive at the age of 4 years compared with only 7.4% of the controls at the same age. The incidence of anti-HBc in both groups was similar. Markers of HBV infection (HBsAg + anti-HBc) were, however, on the whole higher in the patients with sickle-cell anemia [88/118 (74.6%)] than in the controls [54/88 (61.3%; P<0.005)]. |
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