Wierenga K J
University of the West Indies, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Sickle Cell Unit, Jamaica, West Indies.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1997 Jan 25;141(4):184-7.
Through migration and birth sickle cell disease has become an important health problem in the Netherlands: it is estimated that each year between 25 and 40 children are born with a form of sickle cell disease. A programme designed towards parental education, prevention and early intervention for complications of sickle cell disease (notably penicillin prophylaxis to prevent pneumococcal septicaemia and meningitis) may lead to reduction in morbidity. Early diagnosis is indicated since children with sickle cell disease will benefit most from such a programme in the first few years of life.
通过移民和新生儿出生，镰状细胞病已成为荷兰一个重要的健康问题：据估计，每年有25至40名儿童出生时患有某种形式的镰状细胞病。一项针对镰状细胞病并发症的家长教育、预防和早期干预计划（特别是预防性使用青霉素以预防肺炎球菌败血症和脑膜炎）可能会降低发病率。由于患有镰状细胞病的儿童在生命的最初几年将从这样一个计划中受益最多，因此需要进行早期诊断。
