Perspectives in Genetics and Sickle Cell Disease Prevention in Africa: Beyond the Preliminary Data from Cameroon

Management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa needs to be accompanied by various preventive strategies, including early detection via prenatal genetic diagnosis (PND). Contrary to Cameroonian doctors who considered termination of an affected pregnancy (TAP) for SCD in 36.1%, the majority of pare...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Community genetics 2015-01, Vol.18 (4), p.237-241
Hauptverfasser:	Wonkam, Ambroise, Bitoungui, Valentina Josiane Ngo, Ngogang, Jeanne
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abortion, Therapeutic - legislation & jurisprudence Abortion, Therapeutic - psychology alpha-Globins - genetics Anemia, Sickle Cell - diagnosis Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology Anemia, Sickle Cell - genetics Anemia, Sickle Cell - prevention & control Cameroon - epidemiology Disease Management Female Fetal Hemoglobin - genetics Gene Deletion Gene Frequency Genetic Counseling Genetic Testing - ethics Genetic Variation - genetics Genetics Genetics, Medical Genome, Human - genetics Genomics Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Policy Hemoglobin A - genetics Humans Phenotype Pregnancy Prenatal Diagnosis - ethics Prevention Secondary Prevention - methods Short Communication Short Communications Socioeconomic Factors Thalassemia - genetics
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