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Pulmonary function indices in children with sickle cell anemia in Enugu, south-east Nigeria

Kingsley I. Achigbu, Odutola I. Odetunde, Josephat M. Chinawa, Eberechukwu O. Achigbu, Anthony N. Ikefuna, Ifeoma J. Emodi and Bede C. Ibe
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 928-934; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.11525
Kingsley I. Achigbu
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Odutola I. Odetunde
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Josephat M. Chinawa
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Eberechukwu O. Achigbu
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Anthony N. Ikefuna
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Ifeoma J. Emodi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Bede C. Ibe
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vol. 36 no. 8 928-934
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.11525
PubMed 
26219442

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 18, 2015
  • Accepted June 22, 2015
  • Published online August 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Kingsley I. Achigbu, MBBS, FWACP,
  2. Odutola I. Odetunde, MBBS, FWACP,
  3. Josephat M. Chinawa, MBBS, FMCPaed⇑,
  4. Eberechukwu O. Achigbu, MBBS, FWACS,
  5. Anthony N. Ikefuna, MBBS, FMCPaed,
  6. Ifeoma J. Emodi, FMCPaed, FWACP and
  7. Bede C. Ibe, FMCPaed, FWACP
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Achigbu K), Department of Ophthamology (Achigbu E), Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, and the Department of Pediatrics (Odetunde, Chinawa, Ikefuna, Emodi, Ibe), College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Josephat M. Chinawa, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria. E-mail: josephat.chinawa{at}unn.edu.ng
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