Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in the Caribbean: An Update of the Present Situation and of the Disease Prevalence

• Автори: Jennifer Knight-Madden (Автор), Ketty Lee (Автор), Gisèle Elana (Автор), Narcisse Elenga (Автор), Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel (Автор), Ngozi Keshi (Автор), Maryse Etienne-Julan (Автор), Lesley King (Автор), Monika Asnani (Автор), Marc Romana (Автор), Marie-Dominique (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: MDPI AG, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The region surrounding the Caribbean Sea is predominantly composed of island nations for its Eastern part and the American continental coast on its Western part. A large proportion of the population, particularly in the Caribbean islands, traces its ancestry to Africa as a consequence of the Atlanti...