Pre-marriage prevention of thalassaemia: Report of a 100,000 case experience in Isfahan

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Ghanei, M ^a,b   Adibi, P ^a   Movahedi, M ^a   Khami, M A ^a   Ghasemi, R L ^a   Azarm, T ^a   Zolfaghari, B ^a   Jamshidi, H R ^a   Sadri, R ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Thalassaemia Prev/Res Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Pre marriage genetic counselling; Prevention; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030946160     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00574-X     Document Type: Article

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