Verbal autopsy as a tool for identifying children dying of sickle cell disease: a validation study conducted in Kilifi district, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where it is associated with high early mortality. In the absence of newborn screening, most deaths among children with SCD go unrecognized and unrecorded. As a result, SCD does not receive the attention it des...

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Autores principales: Ndila, Carolyne, Bauni, Evasius, Nyirongo, Vysaul, Mochamah, George, Makazi, Alex, Kosgei, Patrick, Nyutu, Gideon, Macharia, Alex, Kapesa, Sailoki, Byass, Peter, Williams, Thomas N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4022330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-65

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4022330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-65

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