Neonatal screening for hemoglobinopathies: Results of a public health system in South Brazil

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-569

  Wagner, Sandrine C ^a,b   De Castro, Simone M ^a   Gonzalez, Tatiana P ^a   Santin, Ana Paula ^a   Zaleski, Carina F ^a   Azevedo, Laura A ^a   Dreau, Hélène ^c   Henderson, Shirley ^c   Old, John ^c   Hutz, Mara H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA;

BETA-GLOBINS; BRAZIL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77955876032     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0008     Document Type: Article

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