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Prevention strategies for severe hemoglobinopathies in endemic and nonendemic immigration countries: the Latium example

A. Amato, Paola Grisanti, Margherita Lerone, Donatella Ponzini, Paola Di Biagio, Maria Pia Cappabianca, Paola Giordano

Prenatal Diagnosis · 2009 · 21 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Existing preventive programs for severe hemoglobinopathies should adapt to changes in population ethnicities. Screening for hemoglobinopathies at school age is an efficient strategy.

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Evaluating five dedicated automatic devices for haemoglobinopathy diagnostics in multi‐ethnic populations

Peter van Delft, Egbert Lenters, Margreet Bakker‐Verweij et al. · International Journal of Laboratory Hematology · 2009 · 127 citations

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Implementation of universal newborn bloodspot screening for sickle cell disease and other clinically significant haemoglobinopathies in England: screening results for 2005–7

Allison Streetly, Radoslav Latinovic, Kate Hall et al. · Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2008 · 99 citations · Full text

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Screening for microcytemia in Italy: analysis of data collected in the past 30 years.

E Silvestroni, I Bianco · PubMed · 1975 · 98 citations

Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease in France

Josiane Bardakdjian‐Michau, Michel Bahuau, Didier Hurtrel et al. · Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2008 · 63 citations

Neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening in Belgium

Béatrice Gulbis, Frédéric Cotton, A Ferster et al. · Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2008 · 57 citations · Full text