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Haematological values in homozygous sickle cell disease in steady state and haemoglobin phenotypes AA controls in Lagos, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease is a genetic abnormality involving the haemoglobin. Although, it is primarily a red cell disorders, the white blood cells and platelets are also affected by the mutation. The consequent haemoglobin S causes polymerization of haemoglobin resulting in haemolysis and ana...

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Autores principales: Akinbami, Akinsegun, Dosunmu, Adedoyin, Adediran, Adewumi, Oshinaike, Olajumoke, Adebola, Phillip, Arogundade, Olanrewaju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22849350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-396