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The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia In Africa
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Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the commonest severe monogenic disorders of humans. The disease has been highly characterized in high-income countries but not in sub-Saharan Africa where SCA is most prevalent. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children 0-13 years admitted from within a defined study area to Kilifi County Hospital in Kenya over a five-year period. Children were genotyped for SCA retrospectively and incidence rates calculated with reference to population data. Overal...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1002/ajh.24986
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- American Journal of Hematology Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-11-20
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1096-8652
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0361-8609
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pubs:815242
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uri:f28d0074-f722-48e0-a63c-a49f2ae452aa
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uuid:f28d0074-f722-48e0-a63c-a49f2ae452aa
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- Scott et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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© 2017 The Authors American Journal of Hematology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original work is properly cited.
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