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University students in Nigeria: knowledge, attitude toward sickle cell disease, and genetic counseling before marriage.

International quarterly of community health education - 1 Jan 2000

Moronkola O A, Fadairo R A

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Sickle cell disease is an inherited debilitating and traumatic disease with severe morbidity and mortality among people of African descent. Children with sickle cell disease have difficulty in coping with school work due to their health conditions. In this cross-sectional survey of University of Ibadan Christian Pentecostal students, a majority of study respondents (63.6%) knew their AA genotype, had a high...

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PMID: 17686716
DOI: 10.2190/JN25-4353-75PK-3733

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