Homozygous sickle cell disease in Central India & Jamaica: A comparison of newborn cohorts

Homozygous sickle cell disease in Central India & Jamaica: A comparison of newborn cohorts

Background & objectives: Homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Central India runs a more severe clinical course than reports from other areas of India. The current study was undertaken to compare the disease in Central India (Nagpur) with that in Jamaica, both populations defined by newborn scr...

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Main Authors: Dipty Jain, Rajini Tokalwar, Dipti Upadhye, Roshan Colah, Graham Roger Serjeant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
anaemia - central india - foetal haemoglobin - jamaica - newborn cohort - sickle cell disease - splenomegaly
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2020;volume=151;issue=4;spage=326;epage=332;aulast=Jain

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