Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Liberia: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 671-676

  Tubman, Venée N ^a,b   Marshall, Roseda ^c,d   Jallah, Wilhemina ^e   Guo, Dongjing ^a   Ma, Clement ^a   Ohene Frempong, Kwaku ^f   London, Wendy B ^a,b   Heeney, Matthew M ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c John F Kennedy Medical Center   (Liberia)

^d A M Dogliotti College of Medicine   (Liberia)

^e Hope for Women's Health   (Liberia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hemoglobinopathies; Pediatric hematology oncology; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIBERIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; MALE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIBERIA; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84959556444     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25875     Document Type: Article

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