Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: A clinic-based population study

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9257, 2001, Pages 680-683

  Wierenga, Klaas J J ^a   Hambleton, Ian R ^a,b   Lewis, Norma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035799111     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04132-5     Document Type: Article

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