Implementation of extended neonatal screening and a metabolic unit in the State of Qatar: Developing and optimizing strategies in cooperation with the Neonatal Screening Center in Heidelberg

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 522-529

  Lindner, Martin ^a,c   Abdoh, G ^b   Fang Hoffmann, J ^a   Shabeck, N ^b   Al Sayrafi, M ^b   Al Janahi, M ^b   Ho, S ^a   Abdelrahman, M O ^b   Ben Omran, T ^b   Bener, A ^b   Schulze, A ^a   Al Rifai, H ^b   Al Thani, G ^b   Hoffmann, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSANGUINITY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION GROWTH; QATAR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANDATORY TESTING; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; NEONATAL SCREENING; QATAR;

EID: 34548502216     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-007-0553-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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