Neonatal screening for sickle cell disorders

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Henthorn, Joan S ^a   Almeida, Antonio M ^b   Davies, Sally C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathies; High performance liquid chromatography; Isoelectric focusing; Neonatal screening; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NEONATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0842287208     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04775.x     Document Type: Review

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