Hemoglobinopathies in newborns from Salvador, Bahia, Northeast Brazil

• Hoofdauteurs: Adorno Elisângela Vitória (Auteur), Couto Fábio David (Auteur), Moura Neto José Pereira de (Auteur), Menezes Joelma Figueiredo (Auteur), Rêgo Marco (Auteur), Reis Mitermayer Galvão dos (Auteur), Gonçalves Marilda Souza (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hemoglobinopathies are hereditary disorders of the hemoglobin molecule with a high prevalence worldwide. Brazil has a prevalence of 0.1 to 0.3% of newborns with sickle cell anemia and 20.0 to 25.0% of heterozygous alpha2 thalassemia among African Brazilians. In the present study, we investigated the...