"Adolescent"

Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: relationship to asthma.
BACKGROUND: Asthma causes significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. It is thus important to identify modifiable risk …
J. Knight-Madden, T. E. Forrester, I. R. Hambleton, N. Lewis, A. Greenough
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Incidence and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy: observations from a cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR). DESIGN: …
Susan M. Downes, Ian R. Hambleton, Elaine L. Chuang, Noemi Lois, Graham R. Serjeant, Alan C. Bird
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Fecundity and pregnancy outcome in a cohort with sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease followed from birth.
OBJECTIVE: To compare pregnancy outcome in sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease with that in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and …
Graham R. Serjeant, Ian Hambleton, Minerva Thame
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Antiretroviral drug therapy in HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: The study describes a cohort of HIV-infected Jamaican children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and reports the …
T. Evans-Gilbert, R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, B. Rodriguez, S. Whorms, I. R. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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CDC-defined diseases and opportunistic infections in Jamaican children with HIV/AIDS.
OBJECTIVE: To document the frequency of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-defined clinical conditions, opportunistic and …
R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, T. Evans-Gilbert, B. Rodriguez, P. Palmer, M. F. Smikle, S. Whorms, I. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Haematological response to parvovirus B19 infection in homozygous sickle-cell disease.
Infection with human parvovirus B19 is known to cause aplastic crises in patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease. We studied the …
B. E. Serjeant, I. R. Hambleton, S. Kerr, C. G. Kilty, G. R. Serjeant
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Sickle cell disease and age at menarche in Jamaican girls: observations from a cohort study.
AIMS: (1) To investigate the distribution of age at menarche in a representative sample of 99 patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) …
G. R. Serjeant, A. Singhal, I. R. Hambleton
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Red cell antibodies in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease: a comparison of patients in Jamaica and the United Kingdom.
The transfusion history and frequency of red cell antibodies in patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease have been compared in …
A. Olujohungbe, I. Hambleton, L. Stephens, B. Serjeant, G. Serjeant
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RBC transfusion in sickle cell anemia (HbSS): experience from the Jamaican Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND: RBC transfusion is widely advocated in the management of sickle cell anemia (SCA), but it carries potentially serious …
J. R. Thame, I. R. Hambleton, G. R. Serjeant
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Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: a clinic-based population study.
BACKGROUND: Information about life expectancy of patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease is needed for research and patient …
K. J. Wierenga, I. R. Hambleton, N. A. Lewis
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