dc.contributor.author
Frömmel, Claudia
dc.contributor.author
Brose, Annemarie
dc.contributor.author
Klein, Jeannette
dc.contributor.author
Blankenstein, Oliver
dc.contributor.author
Lobitz, Stephan
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T03:10:52Z
dc.date.available
2014-09-18T19:15:27.383Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/14647
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-18839
dc.description.abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) does not occur in the indigenous German population,
but with the increasing number of immigrants from countries at high risk for
hemoglobinopathies, the question emerges whether or not a newborn screening
program (NBS) for SCD disease should be initiated in Germany anyhow. We have
recently shown that in Berlin, a city with a very large immigrant population,
the incidence of SCD is considerable, but our findings are insufficient to
make a decision for the country as a whole. In this paper we will show that a
large body of epidemiological data can be generated in a relatively short
period of time, with a very high degree of precision and at relatively little
expense—a result that might motivate other working groups to start such a
pilot project locally. We examined previously collected dried blood cards that
were up to six months old, using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
as first method and capillary electrophoresis (CE) as second method. A single,
part-time laboratory technician processed 38,220 samples in a period of 162
working days. The total costs per sample including all incidentals (as well as
labor costs) were EUR 1.44.
en
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation
BioMed Research International. - (2014), Artikel Nr. 695828
dc.title.subtitle
Technical and Legal Aspects of a German Pilot Study with 38,220 Participants
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1155/2014/695828
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/695828
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
de
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000020992
refubium.note.author
Der Artikel wurde in einer Open-Access-Zeitschrift publiziert.
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000003933
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
2314-6133