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Nocturnal haemoglobin oxygen desaturation in urban and rural East African paediatric cohorts with and without sickle cell anaemia: a cross-sectional study

Low haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) predicts complications in children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in the North but there are few data from Africa, where the majority of the patients reside. We measured daytime and overnight SpO(2) in children with SCA in routine follow-up clinic, and cont...

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Autores principales: L'Esperance, VS, Ekong, T, Cox, SE, Makani, J, Newton, CR, Soka, D, Komba, A, Kirkham, FJ, Hill, CM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4819640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26699539
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306468