Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and α-thalassemia in Qatif and Al Hasa

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-292

  Nasserullah, Zaki ^a,b   Al Jame, Abdulaziz ^c   Abu Srair, Hussain ^a,b   Al Qatari, Ghazi ^d   Al Naim, Saad ^e   Al Aqib, Amin ^e   Mokhtar, Mohamed ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Dammam Central Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Qatif Primary Care Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

G6PD; Hemoglobinopathies; Neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032452648     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.289     Document Type: Article

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