Impediments to prenatal diagnosis for beta thalassaemia: Experiences from Pakistan

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1116-1118

  Naseem, Sajida ^a,c   Ahmed, Suhaib ^b   Vahidy, Farhaan ^a  

^a National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Beta thalassaemia; Pakistan; PND; TOP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AWARENESS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 57149094289     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2133     Document Type: Article

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