TY - GEN AU - Colombatti,Raffaella AU - Cela,Elena AU - Lobitz,Stephan AU - Elion,Jacques TI - Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and other Haemoglobinopathies SN - books978-3-03921-615-4 PY - 2019/// PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase KW - hydroxyurea/hydroxycarbamide KW - n/a KW - cord blood KW - screening KW - hemoglobin pattern KW - capillary electrophoresis KW - sickle cell disease KW - (recommended) screening panel KW - vaso-occlusive crisis KW - Guthrie spots KW - newborn screening) KW - foetal haemoglobin KW - harmonisation KW - review KW - birth prevalence KW - G6PD deficiency KW - prevention KW - end-organ damage KW - thalassemia KW - MALDI-TOF KW - IEF KW - acute chest syndrome KW - India KW - sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme KW - 'Getting to Outcomes' KW - newborn screening KW - hemoglobinopathy KW - service users KW - public health engagement KW - automated HPLC KW - Kaduna State KW - gene therapy for haemoglobinopathies KW - ?-globin gene KW - methods KW - neonatal screening program KW - malaria KW - Plasmodium vivax KW - sub-Saharan Africa KW - patient organisations KW - health policy KW - pathophysiology KW - Sickle Cell Disease KW - mass spectrometry KW - sickle cell disorder KW - neonatal screening KW - non-tribal KW - Nigeria KW - point-of-care KW - HPLC KW - laboratory methods KW - registry KW - patient advocacy KW - bone marrow transplant KW - anaemia KW - hemoglobinopathies KW - tribal KW - newborn KW - burden of disease KW - patient representatives KW - diagnostics KW - policy making KW - haemolysis KW - Caribbean KW - high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) KW - sickle cell disease (SCD) KW - implementation science N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1649 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54644 ER -