Prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia in the West Bank and Gaza

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1771-1776

  Ayesh, Suhail K ^a   Al Sharef, Wasif A ^a   Nassar, Suheir M ^a   Thawabteh, Nabeel A ^a   Abu Libdeh, Bassam Y ^a  

^a Al Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHORION VILLUS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SICKLE CELL;

ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE EAST; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 28844504173     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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