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Association between sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes and hemoglobin concentration and anemia in children and non-pregnant women in Sierra Leone: ancillary analysis of data from Sierra Leone’s 2013 National Micronutrient Survey

OBJECTIVE: By measuring the associations between the presence of sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes, we assessed the extent to which these hemoglobinopathies contribute to the high prevalence of anemia observed in preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone. RESULTS: The p...

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Autores principales: Wirth, James P., Ansumana, Rashid, Woodruff, Bradley A., Koroma, Aminata S., Hodges, Mary H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29343300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3143-x