Outcome of premarital counseling of hemoglobinopathy carrier couples attending premarital services in Bahrain

Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-220

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

^a Maternal and Child Health   (Bahrain)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Hereditary blood diseases; Premarital counseling

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 67650835332     PISSN: 10156321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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