Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: Whose reproductive benefit?

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 484-485

  Ross, Lainie Friedman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NOTE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84859894719     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.191     Document Type: Note

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