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- Title
Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: a clinic-based population study.
- Authors
Wierenga, K J; Hambleton, I R; Lewis, N A
- Abstract
Information about life expectancy of patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease is needed for research and patient counselling. Our aim was to study two Jamaican populations, one clinic-based and one birth cohort and, by careful consideration of data quality and statistical analysis, to identify ways to increase the chances of obtaining valid and generalisable results.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2001, Vol 357, Issue 9257, p680
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04132-5