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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367754603321

Autore

Cela Elena

Titolo

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and other Haemoglobinopathies / Elena Cela, Jacques Elion, Stephan Lobitz, Raffaella Colombatti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039216154

3039216155

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (162 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and other Haemoglobinopathies is a Special Issue of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening. Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, with a huge impact on health care systems due to high morbidity and high mortality associated with the undiagnosed disease. Newborn screening helps to make the diagnosis early and to prevent fatal complications and diagnostic odysseys. This book gives an overview of diagnostic standards in newborn screening for sickle cell disease and examples of existing newborn screening programs.