Prevention of severe thalassemia in northeast Thailand: 16 Years of experience at a single university center

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 540-546

  Yamsri, Supawadee ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Sae ung, Nattaya ^a   Ratanasiri, Thawalwong ^b   Fucharoen, Supan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Prevention and control; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 77952779748     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2514     Document Type: Article

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