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Screening for Structural Hemoglobin Variants in Bahia, Brazil.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 18 Feb 2016
Silva Wellington Santos, de Oliveira Roberto Ferreira, Ribeiro Sanzia Bezerra, da Silva Isabel Batista, de Araújo Edna Maria, Baptista Abrahão Fontes
Abstract excerpt
Brazil was the country that received the largest number of Africans during the time of colonization, and Bahia was the Brazilian state that received the largest number of slaves from Africa. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage of the newborn screening program for sickle cell disease in the Recôncavo Baiano region of the state of Bahia, and to show the frequency of the subjects with hemoglobin...
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