The Obstetric Performance of Sickle Cell Disease Patients and Homozygous Hemoglobin C Disease Patients in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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In a 9-year period (1980-1988), 46 delivered hemoglobinopathy patients were studied. There was a high incidence of complications during pregnancy. The perinatal and maternal mortalities were 13.4% and 9.2% respectively. The complications could be minimized by adequate supervision in pregnancy, labor and puerperium.
Sickle cell disease and increased adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in different genotypes.
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