Comparison of Patients from Nigeria and the USA Highlights Modifiable Risk Factors for Sickle Cell Anemia Complications

To identify factors that affect manifestations of sickle cell anemia we compared patients 11-30 years of age from University of Ibadan, Nigeria (n = 214) and University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (n = 209). Paralleling findings in the general populations of the two countries, the Chicago patients w...

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Main Authors: Akingbola, Titilola S., Tayo, Bamidele O., Salako, Babatunde, Layden, Jennifer E., Hsu, Lewis L., Cooper, Richard S., Gordeuk, Victor R., Saraf, Santosh L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161131/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24941131
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03630269.2014.927363
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