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Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: The Korle-Bu Experience

In Africa, sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health problem with over 200,000 babies born per year. In Ghana, approximately 15,000 (2%) of Ghanaian newborns are diagnosed with SCD annually. A retrospective review of medical records of all SCD patients aged 13 years and above, who presented...

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Autores principales:	Asare, Eugenia V., Wilson, Ivor, Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, Amma A., Dei-Adomakoh, Yvonne, Sey, Fredericka, Olayemi, Edeghonghon
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6304501/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6161270

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