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The pattern of sickle cell disease in pregnancy in Lagos, Nigeria.
West African journal of medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Ogedengbe O K, Akinyanju O
Abstract excerpt
The outcome of pregnancy and labour in patients with sickle cell disease delivered at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) under one obstetrician between 1st January 1985 and 31st December, 1989 is analysed. There were 31 pregnancies in 28 patients with sickle cell anaemia (HbSS) and 10 pregnancies in seven patients with sickle cell haemoglobin C disease (HbSc). Six pregnancies in HbSS patients and two...
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