Prevalence of relative systemic hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease in Ghana

• Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ ABAK and AOA are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Amma Twumwa Owusu-Ansah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ABAK and AOA are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Translational and International Hematology, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-0522

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• Mary Akua Ampomah,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• Fredericka Sey,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• Edeghonghon Olayemi,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Hematology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• Mehdi Nouraie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Heart, Lung and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sfo2@pitt.edu

  Affiliations Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Translational and International Hematology, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-3048

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