... SCD. In an American study of 170 children (aged 2–12 years) with SCD,22% were ,5th centile in height and/ orweight,96 and the serum levels of zinc,retinol, pre-albumin and retinol bindingprotein ... affected and the plasma concentration of insulin, gluca-gon, cortisol, nor-epinephrine and epi-nephrine were similar in patients and controls.66Serum levels of total phospholi-pids were within ... of age, coinciding with the onset of crises and infections and continuing during the 1st 2years of life. Age-related growth deficit willbe difficult to demonstrate accurately withlongitudinal...