Screening for structural hemoglobin variants in bahia, Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Silva, Wellington Santos ^a,b   de Oliveira, Roberto Ferreira ^a   Ribeiro, Sanzia Bezerra ^a   da Silva, Isabel Batista ^a   de Araújo, Edna Maria ^c   Baptista, Abrahão Fontes ^b  

^a Graduated in Dentistry of the Adventist College of Bahia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin variants; Newborn screening; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

CHILD HEALTH; COLONIZATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84958818426     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13020225     Document Type: Article

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