Clinical and biochemical effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on patients with homozygous sickle cell disease
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of autosomal recessive genetic blood disorders due to a mutation in the sixth codon of the β goblin gene. The resultant haemoglobin S (HbS) polymerises under low oxygen tension causes rigid, sickled red blood cells. The main clinical manifestations are vaso-occlu...
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7534/1/549556.pdf |