Newborn Sickle Cell Screening in a Region of Western New York State

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Lerner, Norma B ^a   Platania, Bridget L ^a   LaBella, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEW YORK; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 57249115884     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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