Prevention and Control of Thalassemia at Saraburi Regional Hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-15

  Chareonkul, Pichit ^a   Kraisin, Janchay ^a  

^a Saraburi Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Prenatal Diagnosis; Prevention and Control; Screening and Confirmation; Selective AbortionIntroduction; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROPHENOLINDOPHENOL;

ARTICLE; CORDOCENTESIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SELECTIVE ABORTION; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA; ABORTION; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 1542288271     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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