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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
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High Systolic Blood Pressure, Anterior Segment Changes and Visual Impairment Independently Predict Sickle Cell Retinopathy

Ibrahim M. Idrisa Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8363-3094
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Aminu A. Yusufa Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria;b College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dalha H. Gwarzoa Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria;b College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-352X
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Musbahu S. Kurawab College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria;c Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-0371
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Abdulsalam Shuaibb College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria;c Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-1332
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Aisha A. Galadancia Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria;b College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
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Hauwa Ibrahimd Department of Hematology, Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
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Awwal M. Borodod Department of Hematology, Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
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Yusuf D. Jobbia Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-7488
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Maryam B. Danagundic Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-1197
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Sakinatu B. Borodoc Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
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Idris Y. Mohammedb College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria;e Department of Chemical Pathology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-218X
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Najibah A. Galadancif Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Aisha Kuliya-Gwarzoa Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria;b College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
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Pages 228-233 | Received 04 May 2021, Accepted 22 Jun 2021, Published online: 06 Aug 2021

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