ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Year : 2013  |  Volume : 4  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 65-69

Sickle Cell Disease with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Clinical and Laboratory Features

Anil Pathare
Senior Consultant Haematologist; Departments of Haematology and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

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Anil Pathare
Senior Consultant Haematologist; Departments of Haematology and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Oman

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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We describe herein a series of 14 patients with sickle cell disease who were confirmed to have either primary or secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the diagnostic difficulties and management challenges involved in these cases.

Keywords: sickle cell disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, primary, APS