An up-date on the prevalence of sickle cell trait in Eastern and Western Uganda

BACKGROUND: The first survey on sickle cell disease (SCD) done in Uganda in 1949, reported the district of Bundibugyo in Western Uganda to have the highest sickle cell trait (SCT) prevalence (45%). This is believed to be the highest in the whole world. According to the same survey, the prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Okwi, Andrew L, Byarugaba, Wilson, Ndugwa, Christopher M, Parkes, Arthur, Ocaido, Michael, Tumwine, James K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20569434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2326-10-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20569434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2326-10-5

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