The burden and consequences of inherited blood disorders among young children in western Kenya

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-144

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b   Ruth, Laird J ^a   Earley, Marie ^a   Macharia, Alex ^c   Williams, Thomas N ^c,d,e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anaemia; G6PD deficiency; Haemoglobinopathies; Haptoglobins; Sickle cell disorders; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ANAEMIA; G6PD DEFICIENCY; HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HAPTOGLOBINS; SICKLE CELL DISORDERS; THALASSAEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84890548949     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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