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. 2021 Jan 28;7(1):7.
doi: 10.3390/ijns7010007.

Introduction of Universal Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Germany-A Brief Narrative Review

Stephan Lobitz  1 , Joachim B Kunz  2 , Holger Cario  3 , Dani Hakimeh  4 , Andrea Jarisch  5 , Andreas E Kulozik  2 , Lena Oevermann  4 , Regine Grosse  6
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Introduction of Universal Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Germany-A Brief Narrative Review

Stephan Lobitz et al. Int J Neonatal Screen. .

Abstract

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe non-malignant disorder of hemoglobin and is inherited in an autosomal-recessive manner [...].

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