Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia in southern Turkey

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Çürük, M Akif ^a   Zeren, Filiz ^a   Genç, Ahmet ^a   Ozavci Aygün, Sezen ^a   Kilinç, Yurdanur ^a   Aksoy, Kiymet ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Hemoglobin (Hb) variants; Prenatal diagnosis; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 57449084958     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802508269     Document Type: Article

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