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ArticleHeliyon2022

Multispectral imaging for MicroChip electrophoresis enables point-of-care newborn hemoglobin variant screening.

Ran An, Yuning Huang, Anne Rocheleau, Alireza Avanaki, Priyaleela Thota, Qiaochu Zhang, Yuncheng Man, Zoe Sekyonda, Catherine I Segbefia, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh and 5 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ran AnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Yuning HuangDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Anne RocheleauHemexHealth, Inc, Portland, OR, USA.
Alireza AvanakiHemexHealth, Inc, Portland, OR, USA.
Priyaleela ThotaHemexHealth, Inc, Portland, OR, USA.
Qiaochu ZhangDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Yuncheng ManDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Zoe SekyondaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Catherine I SegbefiaDepartment of Child Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
Yvonne Dei-AdomakohKorle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Enoch MensahDepartment of Hematology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
Kwaku Ohene-FrempongSickle Cell Foundation of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana.
Isaac OdameDivision of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Amma Owusu-AnsahDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Umut A GurkanDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · USMaineHealth · USUniversity of Ghana · GHRainbow Babies & Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Houston · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemoglobin (Hb) disorders affect nearly 7% of the world's population. Globally, around 400,000 babies are born annually with sickle cell disease (SCD), primarily in sub-Saharan Africa where morbidity and mortality rates are high. Screening, early diagnosis, and monitoring are not widely accessible due to technical challenges and cost. We hypothesized that multispectral imaging will allow sensitive hemoglobin variant identification in existing affordable paper-based Hb electrophoresis. To test this hypothesis, we developed the first integrated point-of-care multispectral Hb variant test: Gazelle-Multispectral. Here, we evaluated the accuracy of Gazelle-Multispectral for Hb variant newborn screening in 265 newborns with known hemoglobin variants including hemoglobin A (Hb A), hemoglobin F (Hb F), hemoglobin S (Hb S) and hemoglobin C (Hb C). Gazelle-Multispectral detected levels of Hb A, Hb F, Hb S, and Hb C/E/A

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Genetic hemoglobin disordersMultispectral imagingNewborn screeningPoint-of-care diagnosticsSickle cell disease

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PMID36478812
PMCPMC9719904
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