Clinical Presentations and Predictors of Severe Sickle Cell Disease among Patients Who Attended Muhimbili National Hospital Dar-Es Salaam, Tanzania: A Retrospective Study
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چکیده
Inherited hemoglobinopathies led by Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are key contributors to the anaemia burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Tanzania, an estimated six out of one thousand newborns born with SCD, making Tanzania fourth country highest SCD patients world and third after Nigeria Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) (Nigeria 85,000, 42,000 11,000).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of blood research and disorders
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2469-5696']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5696/1410076