Screening student athletes for sickle cell trait - A social and clinical experiment

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 997-999

  Bonham, Vence L ^a   Dover, George J ^b   Brody, Lawrence C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CANCER SCREENING; DNA SEQUENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 77956533115     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1007639     Document Type: Short Survey

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