An Evaluation of Three Ways of Communicating Carrier Status Results to the Parents of Children in a Neonatal Sickle Cell Screening Programme

• Main Authors: Christelle Rémus (Author), Aurélie Stanislas (Author), Naïm Bouazza (Author), Valérie Gauthereau (Author), Michel Polak (Author), Stéphane Blanche (Author), Assa Niakaté (Author), Eliane Gluckman (Author), Jean-Marc Tréluyer (Author), Arnold Munnich (Author), Robert Girot (Author), Marina Cavazzana (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aim: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most frequent monogenic disease worldwide; ~5-7% of the world population carry a hemoglobin disorder trait. In the US, one in every 1,941 newborns has SCD, whereas one in every 3,000 newborns in France is affected - resulting in 385 new cases and 5,883 newly ide...