A ten year review of the sickle cell program in Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania.
Julie MakaniFurahini TluwayAbel MakubiDeogratius SokaSiana NkyaRaphael SangedaJosephine MgayaStella RwezaulaFenella J KirkhamChristina KindoleElisha OsatiElineema MedaRobert W SnowCharles R NewtonDavid RobertsMuhsin AboudSwee Lay TheinSharon E CoxLucio LuzzattoBruno P MmbandoPublished in: BMC hematology (2018)
This report confirms that the wide spectrum of clinical expression of SCD observed elsewhere is also present in Tanzania, with non-uniform geographical distribution across the country. Age-specific analysis is consistent with different disease-patterns across the lifespan.