Proposed screening criteria for β-thalassemia trait during early pregnancy in southern China

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-533

  Liao, Can ^a   Xie, Xing Mei ^a   Zhong, Hui Zhu ^a   Zhou, Jian Ying ^a   Li, Dong Zhi ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH); Mean corpuscular volume (MCV); Screening; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 72049132649     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260903333567     Document Type: Article

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