Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Europe: recommendations from a Pan‐European Consensus Conference

Lobitz, Stephan; Telfer, Paul; Cela, Elena; Allaf, Bichr; Angastiniotis, Michael; Backman Johansson, Carolina; Badens, Catherine; Bento, Celeste; J. Bouva, Marelle; Canatan, Duran; Charlton, Matthew; Coppinger, Cathy; Daniel, Yvonne; de Montalembert, M.; Ducoroy, Patrick; Dulín, Elena; Fingerhut, Ralph; Frömmel, Claudia; García‐Morín, Marina; Gulbis, Béatrice; Holtkamp, Ute; Inusa, Baba; S James, John; Kleanthous, Marina; Klein, Jeannette; B. Kunz, Joachim; Langabeer, Lisa; Lapouméroulie, Claudine; Marcão, Ana; Luis Marín Soria, José; McMahon, Corrina; Ohene‐Frempong, Kwaku; Périni, Jean‐Marc; B. Piel, Frédéric; Russo, Giovanna; Sainati, Laura; Schmugge, Markus; Streetly, Allison; Tshilolo, Léon; Turner, Charles; Venturelli, Donatella; Vilarinho, Laura; Yahyaoui, Raquel; Élion, Jacques; Colombatti, Raffaella; the endorsement of EuroBloodNet, the European Reference Network in Rare Haematological Diseases, with

doi:10.1111/bjh.15600

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Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Europe: recommendations from a Pan‐European Consensus Conference

Published in British Journal of Haematology • Oct 18, 2018

Authors:

Stephan Lobitz

Paul Telfer

Elena Cela

Abstract

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an increasing global health problem and presents significant challenges to European health care systems. Newborn screening (NBS) for SCD enables early initiation of preventive measures and has contributed to a reduction in childhood mortality from SCD. Policies and metho...

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Consensus conference

Newborn screening

Medicine

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