Incidence of sickle cell disease in an unselected cohort of neonates born in Berlin, Germany

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1051-1053

  Lobitz, Stephan ^a   Frömmel, Claudia ^b   Brose, Annemarie ^b   Klein, Jeannette ^a   Blankenstein, Oliver ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Berlin Space Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

capillary electrophoresis; HPLC; newborn screening; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SCREENING; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BERLIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84904642060     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.286     Document Type: Article

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