Sickle cell disease: Time for a targeted neonatal screening programme

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gibbons, C ^a   Geoghegan, R ^a   Conroy, H ^a   Lippacott, S ^b   O'Brien D ^b   Lynam, P ^a   Langabeer, L ^a   Cotter, M ^a,c,d   Smith, O ^a   McMahon, C ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TARGETED NEONATAL SCREENING PROGRAMME; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; IRELAND; NEWBORN SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928248557     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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