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Strategy linking several analytical methods of neonatal screening for sickle cell disease.
Journal of medical screening - 1 Jan 2001
Ducrocq R, Pascaud O, Bévier A, Finet C, Benkerrou M, Elion J
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BACKGROUND: The French national programme for the neonatal screening of sickle cell disease (SCD) was set up in 1995. This screening is targeted at newborn infants at risk. Over 5 years, 115,480 newborn infants were tested from 80 maternity departments from the northern part of the Paris area. 250 Patients with SCD were identified--that is, one in 462 newborn infants tested. Carriers for a haemoglobin (Hb)...
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