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Frequency and Factors Associated With Hospitalisation of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia in Kenyatta National Hospital and Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in Sub-Saharan Africa in areas where plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic and affects 3% of births. SCD is a disorders of red blood cells which sickle when deoxygenated. ...