Open AccessCounselling Needs of Sickle-Cell Anaemia Adolescents in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Lateef Omotosho Adegboyega
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ethiopian journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2413-7170
pISSN - 1029-1857
DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.19
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , medicine , disease , sickle cell anemia , anemia , pediatrics , family medicine , psychiatry , genetics , biology
Sickle-cell disease is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of hemoglobin (Hb) structure and the most common of the hemoglobinopathies. Hence, this study investigated counseling needs of sickle-cell anaemia adolescents in Ekiti State.
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