Sickle Cell Anaemia and Malaria

Sickle cell anaemia is a major chapter within haemolytic anaemias; at the same time, its epidemiology is a remarkable signature of the past and present world distribution of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. In this brief review, in keeping with the theme of this journal, we focus on the close and comp...

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Main Author: Luzzatto, Lucio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499995/