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Substituting Sodium Hydrosulfite with Sodium Metabisulfite Improves Long-Term Stability of a Distributable Paper-Based Test Kit for Point-of-Care Screening for Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a genetic blood disorder that is particularly lethal in early childhood. Universal newborn screening programs and subsequent early treatment are known to drastically reduce under-five SCA mortality. However, in resource-limited settings, cost and infrastructure constraint...

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Autores principales: Torabian, Kian, Lezzar, Dalia, Piety, Nathaniel Z., George, Alex, Shevkoplyas, Sergey S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930183
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios7030039