Trends in mortality and hospital admissions of sickle cell disease patients before and after the newborn screening program in Maranhão, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the implementation of neonatal screening on hospitalization and death rates due to sickle cell disease in patients from the state of Maranhão, Brazil. METHODS: A descriptive study was performed of all inpatients and deaths of patients with a diagnosis of sickle cel...

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Autores principales: Lima, Ana Ranoy Gomes, Ribeiro, Valdinar Sousa, Nicolau, Dario Itapary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25638761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.11.009

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