Major drepanocytosis and fertility
Mounanga, M.; Awassi-Ndouono, A.; Zinsou, R.D.
Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction 15(6): 773-778
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0368-2315 PMID: 3794213 Document Number: 268066
The authors report on 4 observations they have made in cases of full-blown sickle-cell disease who became pregnant, to demonstrate that: fertility is normal in women with sickle-cell disease, it is important to screen systematically for haemoglobinopathies in populations at risk, that the condition is relatively rare, and very high-risk pregnancies do not happen very often in cases of full-blown sickle-cell disease. They recite the difficulties in providing for an efficient form of contraception with little danger in these patients.