Prevalence of hemoglobinopathies among candidates attending premarital counseling in Bahrain

Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 145-148

  Almutawa, Fahima Jaffar ^a   Alqamish, Jehad Radhi ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^b SMC   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Low red blood cell indices; Sickle cell disease; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 62649100753     PISSN: 10156321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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