Significant haemoglobinopathies: Guidelines for screening and diagnosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-49

  Ryan, Kate ^a   Bain, Barbara J ^b   Worthington, David ^c   James, Jacky ^d   Plews, Dianne ^e   Mason, Anthony ^f   Roper, David ^g   Rees, David C ^h   De La Salle, Barbara ⁱ   Streetly, Allison ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Sickle Cell Society   (United Kingdom)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UK NEQAS for General Haematology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic disorders; Haemoglobinopathies; Laboratory haematology; Sickle cell disease; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN D PUNJAB; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN LEPORE; HEMOGLOBIN O ARAB; HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN SD DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TEST; MICROCYTOSIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SICKLE SOLUBILITY TEST;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 77949357012     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08054.x     Document Type: Review

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