A Multi-centre Survey of Acceptability of Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major genetic disease that manifests early in life and may lead to significant morbidities. One of the health care services that have been effective in reducing the burden of SCD in developed countries is newborn screening (NBS) followed by pneumococcal vacc...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Nnodu, Obiageli E, Adegoke, Samuel A, Ezenwosu, Osita U, Emodi, Ifeoma I, Ugwu, Ngozi I, Ohiaeri, Chinatu N, Brown, Biobele J, Olaniyi, John A, Isa, Hezekiah, Okeke, Chinedu C, Bene, Benard A, Balogun, Modupe T, Okocha, Emmanuel C, Aneke, John C, Lawson, Juliana Olufunke J, Usman, Abjah M, Diaku-Akinwumi, Ijeoma N, Okolo, Angela A, Israel-Aina, Yetunde T, Jamda, Mustapha, Aworanti, Oladapo W, Piel, Frédéric B, Adekile, Adekunle D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2018
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Genetics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7063853/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181059
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2354
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