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Clinical findings associated with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Barbadian population – do we need a national SCD registry?

BACKGROUND: Comprehensive care in homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS) entails universal neonatal screening and subsequent monitoring of identified patients, a process which has been streamlined in the neighbouring island of Jamaica. In preparation for a similar undertaking in Barbados, we have dev...

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Autores principales: Quimby, Kim R, Moe, Stephen, Sealy, Ian, Nicholls, Christopher, Hambleton, Ian R, Landis, R Clive
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-102