Screening extended families for genetic hemoglobin disorders in Pakistan

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1162-1168

  Ahmed, Suhaib ^a   Saleem, Mohammed ^b   Modell, Bernadette ^b   Petrou, Mary ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037057643     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa013234     Document Type: Article

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