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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Encephalitis Unraveled: The Unlikely Encounter of Sickle Cell Disease and Cerebral Malaria in a Teenager.

Christer Ruff, Leonie Zerweck, Andrea Bevot, Jonathan Remppis, Benjamin Bender, Ulrike Ernemann, Georg Gohla

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christer RuffDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Leonie ZerweckDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4105-5131
Andrea BevotDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Jonathan RemppisDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Benjamin BenderDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3205-4631
Ulrike ErnemannDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Georg GohlaDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Eberhard Karls-University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7596-5139

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders in which a mutation in the β-globin (HBB) gene causes red blood cells to produce abnormal hemoglobin, known as Hb S. SCD is characterized by an autosomal-recessive pattern of inheritance, implying that for a child to manifest the condition, they must inherit an Hb S allele from both parents (HbSS) or one Hb S allele and another β-globin variant, such as Hb C or β-thalassemia (HbSC, HbS/β-thal). It has been observed that (heterozygote) carriers of one copy of the sickle-cell trait (HbAS) are typically healthy and can even gain partial protection from severe malaria. The term "severe and complicated malaria" is delineated based on specific clinical and laboratory characteristics in the presence of

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central nervous system (CNS)cerebral malariahemoglobin (HB)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)sickle cell disease (SCD)

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