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Maternal and infant outcomes in women with sickle cell disease: a matched cohort study.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition - 18 Oct 2024
Sikdar Oishi, Ambulkar Hemant, Jenkinson Allan, Hedley Catherine, Johns Jemma, Bhat Ravindra, Dassios Theodore, Harris Christopher, Greenough Anne
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OBJECTIVE: Women with sickle cell disease (SCD) have adverse maternal and infant outcomes. Our aim was to determine whether the outcomes of SCD mothers and their infants differed from African or Caribbean women not affected by SCD and whether there were differences between SCD individuals with the haemoglobin SS (HbSS) or haemoglobin SC (HbSC) genotypes. Furthermore, we wished to determine if any differences...
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