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The sickle gene: a marker for blood pressure?
Journal of the National Medical Association - 1 May 1993
Adams-Campbell L L, Nwankwo M U, Ukoli F A, Biu T
Abstract excerpt
Blood pressure patterns were studied in 224 Nigerians comprising 22 families with at least one child with sickle cell anemia (SS) and 18 families without sickle cell anemia (AA) in a community with a high frequency of the sickle trait (AS). Among the offspring (n = 162; mean age: 10.1 years), systolic blood pressure did not differ between the SS, AS, or AA groups. However, the SS group had significantly lower...
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