Trends in mortality and hospital admissions of sickle cell disease patients before and after the newborn screening program in Maranhão, Brazil
Objective: To assess the impact of the implementation of neonatal screening on hospitalization and death rates due to sickle cell disease in patients from the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Methods: A descriptive study was performed of all inpatients and deaths of patients with a diagnosis of sickle cel...
Main Authors: | Ana Ranoy Gomes Lima, Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro, Dario Itapary Nicolau |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-02-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000100012&lng=en&tlng=en |
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