Significantly elevated foetal haemoglobin levels in individuals with glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase disease and/or sickle cell trait: a cross-sectional study in Cape Coast, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Previously published data have demonstrated that sickle red blood cells produce twice as much reactive oxygen species (ROS) suggesting that co-inheritance of sickle cell disease (SCD) and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzymopathy could lead to more severe anaemia during sickli...

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Autores principales: Adu, Patrick, Bashirudeen, Essel K. M., Haruna, Florence, Adela, Edward Morkporkpor, Ephraim, Richard K. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5613503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-017-0088-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5613503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-017-0088-6

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