Newborn screening shows a high incidence of sickle cell anemia in central India

Hemoglobin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-322

  Jain, Dipty L ^a   Sarathi, Vijaya ^a   Upadhye, Dipty ^b   Gulhane, Rohini ^a   Nadkarni, Anita H ^b   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^b   Colah, Roshan B ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Central India; Incidence; Newborn screening; Sickle cell anemia; Solubility test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; RELIGION; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 84862874644     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2012.691434     Document Type: Article

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