Role of Sociodemographic and Economic Variables in Predisposition to Vaso-Occlusive Crisis and Mortality in Patients with SCD: Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health challenge. It is a common cause of acute and chronic illness and death, which results from a single amino acid substitution (glutamic acid to valine) at position 6 of the beta (β) chain of the hemoglobin molecule. The pathophysiology is based on the...

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Autores principales:	Erhabor, Osaro, Adias, Teddy Charles, Erhabor, Tosan, Mgbere, Osaro, Usman, Sadiya, Egenti, Bibiana Nonye
Formato:	Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:	inglés
Publicado:	IntechOpen 2022
Materias:	Health Sciences
Acceso en línea:	https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/82509
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