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Caregivers’ use of herbal and conventional medicine to treat children with sickle cell disease at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Eastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests use of herbal and conventional medicines in the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). We examined factors associated with caregivers’ use of combined herbal and conventional medicine to treat children with SCD. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Jinja R...

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Autores principales:	Apolot, Consiliate, Obakiro, Samuel Baker, Mukunya, David, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Matovu, Joseph K. B.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10490855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37682924 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291008

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