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dc.contributor.authorYetunde, A.
dc.contributor.authorAnyaegbu, C.C
dc.coverage.spatialNigeria.en_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-22T00:53:21Z
dc.date.available2014-12-22T00:53:21Z
dc.date.issued2001-04
dc.identifier.citationYetunde, A & Anyaegbu, C.C. (2001) Profile Of The Nigerian Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients Above 30 Years Of Age, CAJM vol. 47, no.4. Harare, Mt. Pleasant: CAJMen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0008-9176
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/5537
dc.descriptionA CAJM article on the profiles of Nigerian sickle cell anaemic patients.en_GB
dc.description.abstractHaemoglobin S occurs with greatest prevalence in tropical Africa and clinicians have generally associated sickle cell disease with high morbidity and mortality.1-3 The heterozygous frequency in Nigeria is usually about 25% but in some areas it reaches 32.5%.4 Patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) constitute about 2 to 3% of the Nigerian population. While the disease appears benign in some patients, it runs a crippling course in others. There are a few reports of patients surviving till the fourth or fifth decade but this is a very rare occurrence in Nigeria. Thus, patients over the age of 30 years form a very small proportion of the patients. It has been implied that inherited and acquired factors influence the pathogenesis and clinical symptoms of the disease.1 Hence, this results either in death in the early years in some patients or cases discovered late in life as a result of chance survey 1 With improvement in the living standard and increasing availability of health care, it has been observed that more patients with sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria survive into adolescence and maturity, and they are able to reproduce and some are in gainful employment.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCentral African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabween_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectHealthen_GB
dc.subjectPopulationen_GB
dc.titleProfile Of The Nigerian Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients Above 30 Years Of Ageen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabween_GB


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