Sickle cell disease: tipping the balance of genomic research to catalyse discoveries in Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10087, 2017, Pages 2355-2358

  Makani, Julie ^a   Ofori Acquah, Solomon F ^b,c   Tluway, Furahini ^a   Mulder, Nicola ^d   Wonkam, Ambroise ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 85020941092     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31615-X     Document Type: Note

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