title: Establishing sickle cell diagnostics and characterizing a paediatric sickle cell disease cohort in Malawi.
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.|Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: J Brett
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Heimlich
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors.forename: Godwin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chipoka
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors.forename: Portia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamthunzi
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krysiak
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors.forename: Yacinta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Majawa
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors.forename: Pilirani
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mafunga
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fedoriw
authors.affiliation: University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: Ajib
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phiri
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Nigel S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Key
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Ataga
authors.affiliation: UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi. satish_gopal@med.unc.edu.|University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi. satish_gopal@med.unc.edu.|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. satish_gopal@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopal
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D057089:Pathology, Molecular / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011507:Proteinuria
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins
keywords: paediatrics; red cell disorders; sickle; sickle cell disease