Newborn sickle cell disease screening: the Jamaican experience (1995-2006).

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Published in J Med Screen on January 01, 2007

Authors

L King1, R Fraser, M Forbes, M Grindley, S Ali, M Reid

Author Affiliations

1: Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. lesley.king@uwimona.edu.jm

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