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

• Hauptverfasser: Jennifer Knight-Madden (Verfasst von), Ketty Lee (Verfasst von), Gisèle Elana (Verfasst von), Narcisse Elenga (Verfasst von), Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel (Verfasst von), Ngozi Keshi (Verfasst von), Maryse Etienne-Julan (Verfasst von), Lesley King (Verfasst von), Monika Asnani (Verfasst von), Marc Romana (Verfasst von), Marie-Dominique (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: 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...