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Sickle-cell disease in Brazzaville, Congo: genetical, hematological, biochemical and clinical aspects.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 1999
Mouélé R, Boukila V, Fourcade V, Feingold J, Galactéros F
Abstract excerpt
Clinical, hematological and molecular features of 116 unrelated sickle-cell anemia patients from Brazzaville were investigated. The mean age of the patients was 9.4 +/- 5.3 years. 232 beta(s)-chromosomes were haplotyped and almost all sickle cell anemia patients (91%) were homozygous for the Bantu haplotype. All hematological indices were similar for males and females. Mean hemoglobin (Hb) concentration was 6.6...
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