Forecasting hemoglobinopathy burden through neonatal screening in Omani neonates

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-144

  Alkindi, Salam ^a   Al Zadjali, Shoaib ^a   Al Madhani, Ali ^b   Daar, Shahina ^a   Al Haddabi, Hamood ^a   Al Abri, Qamariya ^a   Gravell, David ^a   Berbar, Tsouria ^c   Pravin, Sahaya ^c   Pathare, Anil ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b Sohar Hospital   (Oman)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal)Oman; Neonatal screening; Red cell indices

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN BART; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OMAN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FETAL BLOOD; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; OMAN; REFERENCE VALUES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 77950495950     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630261003677213     Document Type: Article

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