Clinical Study

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Technical and Legal Aspects of a German Pilot Study with 38,220 Participants

Table 1

Detailed information on screening-positive babies.

Patient number (ethnical origin)Screening patterns HPLC/CEMolecular genetic result

# 1 (West African)FSa/FSSCD-S/S
# 2 (West African)F5SaB/FSSCD-S/S
# 3 (Middle East)FSa5B/FSSCD-S/β 0 thalassemia
# 4 (West African)FaCS/FSCSCD-S/C
# 5 (Middle East)F4SA/FSSCD-S/S
# 6 (West African)FSCa/FSCSCD-S/C
# 7 (Middle East)FSa5/FSSCD-S/S
# 8 (West African)FSaB/FSSCD-S/S
# 9 (West African)FS4a/FSSCD-S/S
# 10 (West African)FS5aB/FSSCD-S/S
# 11 (West African)FCSa/FSCSCD-S/C
# 12 (West African)FSa2B/FSSCD-S/S
# 13 (West African)FSa2B/FSSCD-S/S
# 14 (West African)FCS1/FSC SCD-S/C