Hemoglobinopathies in newborns from Salvador, Bahia, Northeast Brazil

• Main Authors: Adorno Elisângela Vitória (Author), Couto Fábio David (Author), Moura Neto José Pereira de (Author), Menezes Joelma Figueiredo (Author), Rêgo Marco (Author), Reis Mitermayer Galvão dos (Author), Gonçalves Marilda Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...