Neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening: Review of a 10-year programme in Brussels

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Gulbis, Béatrice ^a   Ferster, Alina ^b   Cotton, Frédéric ^a   Lebouchard, Marie Philippe ^c   Cochaux, Pascale ^a   Vertongen, Fanchon ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c HIS Etterbeek Ixelles ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 33745286812     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 09691413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914106777589650     Document Type: Article

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