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Chronic complications and quality of life of patients living with sickle cell disease and receiving care in three hospitals in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is associated with chronic multisystem complications that significantly influence the quality of life (QOL) of patients early in their life. Although sub-Saharan Africa bears 75% of the global burden of SCD, there is a paucity of data on these complications and...

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Autores principales:	Andong, Anne M., Ngouadjeu, Eveline D. T., Bekolo, Cavin E., Verla, Vincent S., Nebongo, Daniel, Mboue-Djieka, Yannick, Choukem, Simeon-Pierre
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-017-0079-7

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