Neonatal Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Belgium for More than 20 Years: An Experience for Comprehensive Care Improvement

• Main Authors: Béatrice Gulbis (Author), Phu-Quoc Lê (Author), Olivier Ketelslegers (Author), Marie-Françoise Dresse (Author), Anne-Sophie Adam (Author), Frédéric Cotton (Author), François Boemer (Author), Vincent Bours (Author), Jean-Marc Minon (Author), Alina Ferster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Our previous results reported that compared to sickle cell patients who were not screened at birth, those who benefited from it had a lower incidence of a first bacteremia and a reduced number and days of hospitalizations. In this context, this article reviews the Belgian experience on neonatal scre...