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[Adults with sickle cell anemia in Senegal. Clinical study of 40 homozygote subjects].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 1999
Jardin F, Sane M, Cloatre G, Thiam M, Camara P, Pouplin S, M'Baye P S, Klotz F
Abstract excerpt
While the well-documented life expectancy of patients with homozygous sickle cell anemia (SS) is 40 years in industrialized countries, this question remains unanswered in black Africa. The purpose of this prospective study was to establish the clinical phenotype for Senegal. A severity score based on 12 clinical, laboratory, radiological, and prognostic findings was calculated and correlated with age and...
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