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Analysis of clinical presentation, hematological factors, self-reported bed net usage, and malaria burden in sickle cell disease patients
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a severe monogenic disorder, caused by single nucleotide mutations in the hemoglobin (Hb) gene, that is prevalent in malaria endemic regions of the world. Sickle cell trait (SCT) individuals carry only one of the mutated alleles and were shown to be protected...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34386757 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101045 |