Sickle cell disease: Exotic disease or a Belgian public health problem?;La drépanocytose: Une affection exotique ou un problème de santé publique en Belgique?

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Gulbis, B ^a   Ferster, A ^b   Kentos, A ^a   Munungi, D N'Gay ^c   Cotton, F ^a   Ronge E ^d   Dresse, M F ^e   Bradstreet, C ^f   Cochaux, P ^a   Vertongen, F ^g  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c Action Drépanocytose ASBL ^*

^d CHR de la Citadelle ULg   (France)

^e Service de Pédiatrie

^f Service d'Hématologie

^g Service de Chimie Médicale   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXPERIENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BELGIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 26244433270     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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