Obligatory premarital tests for β-thalassaemia in the Gaza Strip: Evaluation and recommendations

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-118

  Tarazi, I ^a   Al Najjar, E ^a   Lulu, N ^a   Sirdah, M ^b  

^a Palestine Avenir Foundation   (Palestine)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Thalassaemia; Gaza; Premarital tests; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; MARRIAGE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCYTOSIS; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ARAB; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT;

ARABS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS;

EID: 34249705137     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2006.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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