Prevalence of sickle cell trait and reliability of self-reported status among expectant parents in Nigeria: Implications for targeted newborn screening

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a life-threatening, autosomal recessive blood disorder prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. We identified the prevalence of sickle cell trait (SCT) among pregnant women and male partners in Enugu State, Nigeria, and determined the accuracy of self-reported s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public Health Genomics
Hauptverfasser: Burnham-Marusich, Amanda R., Ezeanolue, Chinenye O., Obiefune, Michael C, Yang, Wei, Osuji, Alice, Ogidi, Amaka G., Hunt, Aaron T., Patel, Dina, Ezeanolue, Echezona E.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052321/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27614873
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000448914
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