Article
Comparative studies of live neonates in maternal sickle cell haemoglobinopathy in Ghana.
Tropical and geographical medicine - 1 Oct 1992
Addai F K, Wilson J B, Quashie F J
Abstract excerpt
This study assessed the current status of live neonates born to sickle cell mothers when compared with those of normal (control) women. Birth weight, placental weight, fetoplacental ratio, and gestational age for live neonates in singleton births by twenty-nine haemoglobin SS (HbSS), fifty-two ha...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Birth Weight
- Female
- Genotype
- Gestational Age
- Ghana
- Hemoglobin SC Disease
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Organ Size
- Placenta
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic
- Pregnancy Outcome
- Prenatal Care
