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Unprepared and Misinformed Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Time to Rethink Awareness Campaigns
Worldwide, sickle cell disease (SCD) poses a significant public health concern. It causes recurrent morbidity, and premature death is a distinct possibility, especially in Nigeria, which bears half the world’s burden of SCD patients. Nigeria has yet to establish a newborn screening program; conseque...
Autores principales: | Aderotoye-Oni, Seyi, Diaku-Akinwumi, Ijeoma N, Adeniran, Adeyinka, Falase, Bode |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30868020 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3806 |
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