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Family study in sickle Cell disease in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

F. E. A. Lesi  and
Ekpo E. E. Bassey
F. E. A. Lesi
Affiliation:
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 12003, Lagos, Nigeria
Ekpo E. E. Bassey
Affiliation:
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 12003, Lagos, Nigeria
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A pilot survey has been made of Nigerian families at risk of producing SS haemoglobin homozygotes. Genotypes of parents and off-spring were investigated in twenty-five families. There is a suggestion that more SS children are produced where the first born suffers from haemoglobin SS disease. Mortality among offspring was higher in the study population than in the general population.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1972 , pp. 307 - 313
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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