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Received: 19 November 2016 Accepted: 9 January 2017 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.22160
BRIEF REPORT
Trace elements in children suffering from sickle cell anemia: A case–control study Joseph K. Sungu1 | Olivier Mukuku1 | Augustin Mulangu Mutombo1 | Paul Mawaw2 | Michel N. Aloni3 | Oscar N. Luboya1,2 1 Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Lubumbashi, University of Lubumbashi, Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo 2
Background: Information on serum albumin and trace elements among children suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) was poorly documented in Africa. The aim of this
School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo
study was to describe and to compare different values of trace elements with pub-
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Methods: We carried out a case–control study. Seventy-six steady state children suf-
Division of Hemato-oncology and Nephrology, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Kinshasa, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Correspondence Olivier Mukuku, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Lubumbashi, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Email:
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lished reports from other parts of the world. fering from SCA (Hb-SS). One hundred and fifty-two children were recruited with 76 (cases, Hb-SS) and 76 (control, Hb-AA) to compare the data. Results: The mean age was 10.0 years (SD=5.4) in SCA children and 9.2 years (SD=4.7) in the control group. The mean level of zinc and magnesium were slightly lower in the Hb-SS group than in the Hb-AA group (P
