Open AccessHomozygous sickle cell disease in Central India & Jamaica: A comparison of newborn cohorts
Author(s) -
Dipty Jain,
Rajini Tokalwar,
Dipti Upadhye,
Roshan Colah,
G. R. Serjeant
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1946_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , disease , pediatrics , cohort study
Homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Central India runs a more severe clinical course than reports from other areas of India. The current study was undertaken to compare the disease in Central India (Nagpur) with that in Jamaica, both populations defined by newborn screening.