The Neonatal Screening Program in Brazil, Focus on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

• Main Authors: Ana C. Silva-Pinto (Author), Maria Cândida Alencar de Queiroz (Author), Paula Juliana Antoniazzo Zamaro (Author), Miranete Arruda (Author), Helena Pimentel dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since 2001, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has been coordinating a National Neonatal Screening Program (NNSP) that now covers all the 26 states and the Federal District of the Brazilian Republic and targets six diseases including sickle cell disease (SCD) and other hemoglobinopathies. In 2005, the...