Establishing a national sickle cell disease program in the Republic of Congo

Autor:	James G. Taylor, Lydie Ocini Ngolet, Juan Salomon-Andonie, Alexis Elira Dokekias, Sergei Nekhai
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Anemia Cell Prevalence Disease Anemia Sickle Cell Hospitals Special Global Capacity-Building Showcase 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sickle cell trait business.industry Extramural 030503 health policy & services Hematology medicine.disease Sickle cell anemia Patient population medicine.anatomical_structure Congo Female Patient Care 0305 other medical science business
Zdroj:	Blood advances. 2(Suppl 1)
ISSN:	2473-9537
Popis:	The Republic of Congo (RC) ([Figure 1][1]) has one of highest prevalence rates of sickle cell trait (SCT) in the world. The prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) is estimated to be at least 1.5% with an expected nationwide SCD patient population of 70 000. RC has no established national newborn
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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