MALDI-MS in first-line screening of newborns for sickle cell disease: results from a prospective study in comparison to HPLC.
Marven El OstaJean-François BenoistPierre NaubourgStéphane BonacorsiReine MessinePatrick DucoroyBichr AllafPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2024)
is adapted to NBS for SCD, and can be used in first-line high-throughput screening to detect HbS, and beta-thalassemia major warning. When HbS is detected, second-line use of another specific method as HPLC is necessary.