Vitamin D levels are low in adult patients with sickle cell disease in Jamaica and West Africa.

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Published in BMC Hematol on August 16, 2014

Authors

Bamidele O Tayo1, Titilola S Akingbola2, Babatunde L Salako3, Colin A McKenzie4, Marvin Reid4, Jennifer Layden5, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo6, Jacob Plange-Rhule7, Amy Luke1, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu1, Richard S Cooper1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153 USA.
2: Department of Hematology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
3: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
4: Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
5: Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153 USA ; Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL USA.
6: Aflac Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Service Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA USA.
7: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

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