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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The most potent risk factor in the development of sickle-cell disease is race. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The most potent risk factor in the development of sickle-cell disease is race, which include Africans, African Americans, Indians, and persons of Mediterranean descent. An additional risk factor is geographic location, with these locations containing the greatest occurrences of disease.<ref name="pmid25143960">{{cite journal| author=Makani J, Ofori-Acquah SF, Nnodu O, Wonkam A, Ohene-Frempong K| title=Sickle cell disease: new opportunities and challenges in Africa. | journal=ScientificWorldJournal | year= 2013 | volume= 2013 | issue= | pages= 193252 | pmid=25143960 | doi=10.1155/2013/193252 | pmc=3988892 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25143960 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of sickle-cell disease is race.
Risk Factors
The most potent risk factor in the development of sickle-cell disease is race, which include Africans, African Americans, Indians, and persons of Mediterranean descent. An additional risk factor is geographic location, with these locations containing the greatest occurrences of disease.[1]
References
- ↑ Makani J, Ofori-Acquah SF, Nnodu O, Wonkam A, Ohene-Frempong K (2013). "Sickle cell disease: new opportunities and challenges in Africa". ScientificWorldJournal. 2013: 193252. doi:10.1155/2013/193252. PMC 3988892. PMID 25143960.