Open AccessNewborn screening for sickle cell disease: A 1988–2003 Quebec experience
Author(s) -
Nancy Robitaille,
Edgard Delvin,
Heather Hume
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/11.4.223
Subject(s) - medicine , newborn screening , pediatrics , sickle cell trait , thalassemia , disease , umbilical cord , cord blood , immunology
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity that can be decreased by neonatal diagnosis. Although 44 American states have implemented such programs, there are no provincially funded universal or targeted newborn screening programs for SCD in Canada.
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