Premarital screening of hemoglobinopathies: A pilot study in turkey

Human Heredity

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-114

  Altay, C ^a   Yilgor E ^b   Beksac, S ^c   Gurgey A ^a  

^a Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemoglobinopathies; Premarital screening; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0030060149     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154336     Document Type: Article

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