High prevalence of individuals with low concentration of fetal hemoglobin in F-cells in sickle cell anemia in Tanzania
Am J Hematol
.
2016 Aug;91(8):E323-4.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.24390.
Epub 2016 May 11.
Authors
Florence Urio
1
2
,
Magdalena Lyimo
3
,
Siana Nkya Mtatiro
1
,
Sharon E Cox
1
4
5
,
Bruno P Mmbando
1
6
,
Julie Makani
1
3
7
Affiliations
1
Muhimbili Wellcome Programme, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2
Department of Biochemistry, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
3
Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
4
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
5
Graduate School of Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
6
Tanga Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
7
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
PMID:
27085091
PMCID:
PMC5612395
DOI:
10.1002/ajh.24390
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis
Anemia, Sickle Cell / epidemiology*
Erythrocyte Indices
Erythrocytes / metabolism*
Fetal Hemoglobin / metabolism*
Humans
Prevalence
Tanzania / epidemiology
Substances
Fetal Hemoglobin
Grants and funding
093727/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
U24 HG006941/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/United States