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Validation of a Low-Cost Paper-Based Screening Test for Sickle Cell Anemia

BACKGROUND: The high childhood mortality and life-long complications associated with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in developing countries could be significantly reduced with effective prophylaxis and education if SCA is diagnosed early in life. However, conventional laboratory methods used for diagnosin...

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Autores principales: Piety, Nathaniel Z., Yang, Xiaoxi, Kanter, Julie, Vignes, Seth M., George, Alex, Shevkoplyas, Sergey S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26735691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144901