Prevention of homozygous beta thalassemia by premarital screening and prenatal diagnosis in India

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Tamhankar, Parag M ^a   Agarwal, Sarita ^a   Arya, Vandana ^a   Kumar, Ravindra ^a   Gupta, U R ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Premarital screening; Prenatal diagnosis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 59449095626     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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