Twenty Years of Neonatal Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil: The Challenges of a Continental Country with High Genetic Heterogeneity
Abstract Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the click here most common inherited hematological disease worldwide.The benefits of diagnosis and early intervention have led to the wide dissemination of public health programs worldwide.Through neonatal screening programs, it is possible to reduce morbidity and mortality in the first 5 years of life.The prop