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How early can you get a sickle cell screen?
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As a newborn baby: Sickle cell screening is done on all newborns here as part of california's newborn screening program. Other states probably do the same or similar screening for their newborns.
Answered 12/9/2013
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At birth: Screening for sickle cell disease is required by law now in all 50 states and the district of columbia. Therefore, all children born in the us get a sickle cell screen within 3-5 days of life.
Answered 9/28/2016
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