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An overview of sickle cell disease from the socio-demographic triangle - a Nigerian single-institution retrospective study

INTRODUCTION: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary red blood cell disorder of public health importance globally with Nigeria the epicenter zone in Africa. There is a paucity of knowledge on how hemoglobin variants, personal characteristics, and environment (socio-demographic triangle) interact...

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Autores principales: Nwabuko, Ogbonna Collins, Onwuchekwa, Uwa, Iheji, Okechukwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9120745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35655681
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.41.161.27117