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Prevalence of sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait among children and adolescents in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2025-06-25

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic disorders in the world, with Nigeria believed to have the highest burden. Despite the high burden in the country, the true prevalence of SCD and its main driver- the sickle cell trait (SCT)- is unknown, which is important for planning and resource allocation. Hence, we conducted a systematic review an...

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Literature Corpus work: 3316077b-890f-5682-a2ca-1b0237bfefcd
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6583471/v1

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