Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease Among Tribal Populations in the States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India: Evaluation and Outcome Over 6 Years

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease Among Tribal Populations in the States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India: Evaluation and Outcome Over 6 Years

Sickle cell disease (SCD) poses considerable public health problems in India. This study was undertaken to understand the clinical course of SCD among children identified during newborn screening programmes in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh where the frequency of the HbS gene is high. A total of 8,916 n...

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Main Authors: Pallavi Thaker, Roshan B. Colah, Jignisha Patel, Bhavesh Raicha, Abhishek Mistry, Vishal Mehta, Yazdi Italia, Shrey Desai, Kapilkumar Dave, Rajasubramaniam Shanmugam, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Malay B. Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
newborn screening
sickle cell anemia
tribal population
comprehensive care
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.731884/full

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