Positive screening and carrier results for the England-wide universal newborn sickle cell screening programme by ethnicity and area for 2005-07

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 626-629

  Streetly, Allison ^a   Latinovic, Radoslav ^a   Henthorn, Joan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77955738527     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.077560     Document Type: Article

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