Niran Okewole is chief consultant psychiatrist at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Niran Okewole
Chief consultant psychiatrist
Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro
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Africa’s genomic role: Q&A with Conrad Iyegbe and Niran Okewole
Psychiatric genomics promises to shed light on the genetic basis of autism, but it’s vital to include Africa in this research, Iyegbe and Okewole say.
Africa’s genomic role: Q&A with Conrad Iyegbe and Niran Okewole
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28 November 2022 | 7 min read
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