Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in a Nigerian hospital

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1111-1116

  Odunvbun, M E ^a   Okolo, A A ^a   Rahimy, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Newborn screening; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAREGIVER; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIGERIA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

AFRICA; BENIN [EDO]; EDO; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 51249122454     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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