TWENTY YEARS OF NEONATAL SCREENING FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN BRAZIL: THE CHALLENGES OF A CONTINENTAL COUNTRY WITH HIGH GENETIC HETEROGENEITY

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 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 prophylactic us

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Improvement of Soil Properties, Growth of Cucumber and Protection against Fusarium Wilt by Piriformospora indica and Two Industrial Organic Wastes

The current work was focused on characterizing Kids hooded towel bagasse ash (BA) and press mud (PM) as soil amendments and to study their effect in combination with the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica on Fusarium wilt (FW) of cucumber caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cucumerinum (Fo).Whereas BA and PM improved almost all physico-chemical

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Exploring the pharmacological potential of promiscuous host-defense peptides: from natural screenings to biotechnological applications

In the last few years, the number of bacteria with enhanced resistance to conventional antibiotics has dramatically increased.Most of such bacteria belong to regular microbial flora, becoming a real challenge, especially for immune-depressed patients.Since the treatment is sometimes extremely expensive, and in some circumstances completely ineffici

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The Role of Leadership in Implementation Public Information System of Local Government Institutions in Indonesia

Leadership style is one of the triggers for individuals to be motivated to work, increase their dedication to work, influence the ideal work process, and produce optimal work performance (Bass and Avolio, 1993).This study will look at the relationship between the variables of the influence of leadership, system quality, service quality and informat

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