Mortality and causes of death in children with sickle cell disease in the Netherlands, before the introduction of neonatal screening

Summary This study analyzed the mortality and causes of death in sickle cell disease patients in the Netherlands, to provide a baseline for monitoring the effect of the recently introduced neonatal screening programme and to indicate areas of improvement in the care for these patients. All children...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of haematology 2011-10, Vol.155 (1), p.106-110
Hauptverfasser:	van der Plas, Evelyn M., van den Tweel, Xandra W., Geskus, Ronald B., Heijboer, Harriët, Biemond, Bart J., Peters, Marjolein, Fijnvandraat, Karin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications Anemia, Sickle Cell - diagnosis Anemia, Sickle Cell - mortality Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies Biological and medical sciences Cause of Death causes of death Child Child, Preschool children Diseases of red blood cells Female Follow-Up Studies Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical sciences Meningitis, Bacterial - complications Meningitis, Bacterial - mortality mortality Neonatal Screening Netherlands - epidemiology Opportunistic Infections - complications Opportunistic Infections - mortality sickle cell disease Stroke - etiology Stroke - mortality
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary This study analyzed the mortality and causes of death in sickle cell disease patients in the Netherlands, to provide a baseline for monitoring the effect of the recently introduced neonatal screening programme and to indicate areas of improvement in the care for these patients. All children (
ISSN:	0007-1048 1365-2141
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08806.x