Neonatal haemoglobinopathy screening: review of a 10-year programme in Brussels.
J Med Screen
; 13(2): 76-8, 2006.
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ABSTRACT
Since 1994, a neonatal screening programme for major haemoglobinopathies has been conducted in Brussels. We performed a 10-year re-evaluation of the incidence of haemoglobinopathies in Brussels and found that of the 118,366 newborns screened, 64 were diagnosed with a sickle cell syndrome, six had beta-thalassaemia major, four had a haemoglobin C disease and three had a haemoglobin H disease. Of the 64 babies with a sickle cell disease, two died before the age of two years and two did not present at the first neonatal visit. Of the six babies suffering from beta-thalassaemia major, all are alive and two have undergone a haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The universal neonatal screening programme for haemoglobinopathies should be maintained in Brussels.
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01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Programas de Rastreamento
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Triagem Neonatal
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Hemoglobinopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Screen
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bélgica