"Infant"

Hb S-β-thalassemia: molecular, hematological and clinical comparisons.
Clinical and hematological features are presented for 261 patients with identified β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations. Mutations causing …
Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Raphael A. Fraser, Ian R. Hambleton, Douglas R. Higgs, Andreas E. Kulozik, Alan Donaldson
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Pattern of pregnancy weight gain in homozygous sickle cell disease and effect on birth size.
OBJECTIVE: To assess pregnancy weight gain and newborn anthropometry in mothers with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and normal …
M. Thame, J. Lewis, I. Hambleton, H. Trotman, G. Serjeant
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Anaesthetic morbidity at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
OBJECTIVE: There is little information on adverse anaesthetic outcomes from the Caribbean. The aim of this study was to investigate the …
I. A. Tennant, R. Augier, A. Crawford-Sykes, I. R. Hambleton, M. Tha, H. Harding
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Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: comparisons with African-Americans.
We describe breast cancer incidence and mortality in the predominantly African-origin population of Barbados, which shares an ancestral …
Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Maria Cristina Leske, Barbara Nemesure
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Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be lower among people of African descent than Caucasians. However, …
C. N. Edwards, S. G. Griffith, A. J. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton
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The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: A low mean birth weight is a constant finding in pregnancies of women with homozygous sickle cell disease. The factors …
Minerva Thame, Jillian Lewis, Helen Trotman, Ian Hambleton, Graham Serjeant
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Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates.
The aim of this study was to provide standards for the assessment of birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for normal, …
M. Samms-Vaughan, M. Thame, C. Osmond, I. R. Hambleton, A. McCaw-Binns, D. E. Ashley, G. R. Serjeant
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Predicted declines in sickle allele frequency in Jamaica using empirical data.
The high frequency of the sickle allele in some parts of Africa is understood to be a consequence of high malarial endemicity. One …
N. A. Hanchard, I. Hambleton, R. M. Harding, C. A. McKenzie
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Medical paediatric admission patterns at the University Hospital of the West Indies: issues for future planning.
An understanding of the epidemiological trend in hospital admissions, including morbidity and mortality patterns and the economic …
C. Eck, R. B. Pierre, I. R. Hambleton
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The frequency of the sickle allele in Jamaica has not declined over the last 22 years.
The ‘malaria hypothesis’ predicts that the frequency of the sickle allele, which is high in malaria-endemic African …
N. A. Hanchard, I. Hambleton, R. M. Harding, C. A. McKenzie
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