Screening for sickle cell trait: The veterans administration national sickle cell program
- 31 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 24 (4) , 429-432
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.2830240413
Abstract
Results of the Veterans Administration Sickle Cell Program for a period of 10 years are presented. We screened 370,250 patients; 404,341 attended educational sessions, and 38,347 had individual counseling sessions. Sickle cell trait was present in 6.4% of patients, and HbC trait was present in 1.8%. The clinically significant disorders HbSC disease, sickle cell anemia, and sickle β thalassemia were present in 0.41% of individuals screened. A large number of uncommon variants were detected. The program enhanced the awareness of and the approach to evaluation of hemoglobinopathies.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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