Screening for sickle cell disease in newborns: Recommendation statement

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1300-1303

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 45549086208     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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