Haematological values in homozygous sickle cell disease in steady state and haemoglobin phenotypes AA controls in Lagos, Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Akinbami, Akinsegun ^a   Dosunmu, Adedoyin ^a   Adediran, Adewumi ^b   Oshinaike, Olajumoke ^a   Adebola, Phillip ^a   Arogundade, Olanrewaju ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematological values; Haemoglobin phenotype AA; Homozygous sickle cell disease; Steady state

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBIN AA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865272650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-396     Document Type: Article

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