Premarital hemoglobinopathy screening in Kocaeli, Turkey: A crowded industrial center on the north coast of Marmara sea

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Sarper, Nazan ^a   Şenkal, Vijdan ^b   Güray, Fatih ^b   Şahin, Özcan ^b   Bayram, Jülide ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Health of Mother and Child and Family Planning   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thalassemia trait; Premarital screening; Sickle cell anemia trait

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN D DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 69949113284     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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