Age and prevalence of sickle-cell trait
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Dr. Oswaldo Castro; Sohail R. Rana; Ki Moon Bang; Roland B. Scott; D. C. Rao
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We performed hemoglobin electrophoresis in 30,400 apparently healthy black individuals in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, who were participating in a community based sickle-cell screening program during the period 1978-1985. The overall prevalence of sickle-cell trait was 6.7%. The frequency