Newborn screening services in Bahrain between 1985 and 2010

Advances in Hematology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Al Arrayed, Shaikha ^a   Al Hajeri, Amani ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84861084030     PISSN: 16879104     EISSN: 16879112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/903219     Document Type: Article

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