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comparative study of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in sickle cell disease subjects and controls in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease is characterized by chronic complications that affect almost all body organs. Pancreatic disease is rare in SCD. CA 19-9 is a non-specific surrogate marker for pancreatic disease especially carcinoma. CA 19-9 levels have not been evaluated in SCD patients in our envir...

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Autores principales: Manafa, Patrick, Okocha, Chide, Nwogho, Benedict, Aneke, John, Okpara, Paul Smith Davis, lbeh, Nancy, Chukwuma, George, Manafa, Vera, Nwane, Ejike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6354859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766566
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i4.21