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Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease in Central Africa: a study of 1825 newborns with a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test.

Journal of medical screening - 1 Jan 2007

Mutesa Léon, Boemer François, Ngendahayo Louis, Rulisa Stephen, Rusingiza Emmanuel K, Cwinya-Ay Neniling, Mazina Déogratias, Kariyo Pierre C, Bours Vincent, Schoos Roland

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of systematic neonatal screening for sickle cell disease in the region of Great Lakes in Central Africa using a new approach with limited costs. METHODS: Between July 2004 and July 2006, 1825 newborn dried blood samples were collected onto filter papers in four maternity units from Burundi, Rwanda and the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We tested for the presence...

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PMID: 17925082
DOI: 10.1258/096914107782066211

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