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Sickle cell anaemia: awareness among health professionals and medical students at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.

Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine - 1 Jan 2000

Animasahun B A, Akitoye C O, Njokanma O F

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BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a chronic haemolytic disorder caused by homozygous inheritance of abnormal haemoglobin called 'haemoglobin S' (HbS). The disease burden is enormous to the patient, family and community. One potential weapon in its prevention is health information and aware...

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PMID: 20836330
DOI: 10.4314/nqjhm.v19i4.54524

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