Newborn sickle cell disease screening: The Jamaican experience (1995-2006)

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 117-122

  King, L ^a   Fraser, R ^b   Forbes, M ^b   Grindley, M ^b   Ali, S ^b   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA; PENICILLIN G; VIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE CELL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARVOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN CELL;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34848853516     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914107782066185     Document Type: Article

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