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Community based screening for sickle haemoglobin among pregnant women in Benue State, Nigeria: I-Care-to-Know, a Healthy Beginning Initiative

BACKGROUND: Haemoglobin genotype screening at prenatal care offers women an opportunity to be aware of their genotype, receive education on sickle cell disease (SCD) and may increase maternal demand for SCD newborn screening. In developed countries, most pregnant women who access prenatal care and d...

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Autores principales:	Ezenwosu, Osita U., Itanyi, Ijeoma U., Nnodu, Obiageli E., Ogidi, Amaka G., Mgbeahurike, Fabian, Ezeanolue, Echezona E.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03974-4

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