Carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies. A study of indigenous and immigrant couples in northern Greece, over the last 5 years

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 434-439

  Theodoridou, Stamatia ^a   Alemayehou, Michael ^a   Prappas, Nikolaos ^b   Karakasidou, Olga ^a   Aletra, Vasiliki ^a   Plata, Eleni ^c   Tsaftaridis, Panagiotis ^c   Karababa, Photini ^c   Boussiou, Marina ^c   Sinopoulou, Klio ^c   Hatzi, Anna ^c   Voskaridou, Ersi ^c   Loutradi, Afroditi ^c   Manitsa, Anna ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carrier screening; Gene mutations; Genetic counseling; Hemoglobinopathy; Prenatal diagnosis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMIGRANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROGENY; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THALASSEMIA;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 54249137178     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802341745     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Loutradi-Anagnostou A. Prevention of thalassemia in Greece: 25 year experience. The 8th International Conference on Thalassaemia and Haemoglobinopathies, Athens, Greece, October 2001. Abstract Book; 16-18.
2. Boussiou M, Karababa Ph, Sinopoulou K, Tsaftaridis P, Plata E, Loutradi-Anagnostou A. The molecular heterogeneity of β-thalassemia in Greece. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2008; 40(3):317-319.
3. Results of the population Census 2001. General Secretariat of Statistical Services in Greece.
4. Nathan D. Thalassemia: the continued challenge. Ann NY Acad Sci 2005; 1054:1-10.
5. Papadopoulos V, Vassiliadou D, Xanthopoulidis G, Petridis D, Agorasti A, Loukopoulos D. The implications of Haemoglobin O-Arab mutation. Haematologica 2003; 90(2):255-257.
6. Weatherall DJ, Clegg JB. The Thalassaemia Syndromes, 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2001.
7. Kaltsoya A, Ballas A, Sofroniadou K, Fessas Ph. A mild â-thalassemia-Hemoglobin E disease. The 5th Congress of the Asian and Pacific Society of Haematology, Istanbul, Turkey, September 1969. Abstract Book; 40.
8. Fessas Ph. Compound heterozygosity for Hb E-Saskatoon and β-thalassemia. Hemoglobin 1991; 15(4):35-346.
9. Theodoridou S, Plata E, Karababa Ph, Loutradi A, Vyzantiadis T, Manitsa A. The first case of a compound heterozygosity for Hb E-Saskatoon and Hb S. Haematologica 2003; 88(3):ECR08.
10. Tsistrakis GA, Scampardonis GJ, Clonizakis JP, Concouris LL. Haemoglobin D and β thalassaemia. A family report comprising 18 members. Acta Haematol 1975; 54(3):172-179.
11. 0 mutation, CD7 (G>T) in an Albanian. First report in the literature. 17th Panhellenic Haematological Congress, Athens, Greece, November 2006. Abstract Book; 78-79.