Angioid streaks in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.
Angioid streaks were observed in 21 of 242 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease. Two morphological types were observed. There is no evidence that angioid streaks in Jamaican patients are related to pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D000793:Angioid Streaks / Q000209:etiology*; D004549:Elastin / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000150:complications; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis
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