Authors: Narendra Kumar Gupta Meenakshi Gupta
Publish Date: 2012/08/21
Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-40
Abstract
Sickle cell disease is the prototype of hereditary hemoglobinopathies characterized by the production of structurally abnormal hemoglobin Sickle cell anemia results from a point mutation that leads to substitution of valine for glutamic acid at the sixth position of the β globin chain We report a young male admitted with fever and weakness for 3 days Hematological test reveals Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite and sickle cell anemia Patient was treated and get cured from malaria and discharged
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