Two decades of pre-marital screening for beta-thalassemia in central Iran

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-522

  Zeinalian, Mehrdad ^a,b   Fadaei Nobari, Reza ^b   Moafi, Alireza ^b   Salehi, Mansour ^b   Hashemzadeh Chaleshtori, Morteza ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

BETA THALASSEMIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY PLANNING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84888989616     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-013-0142-4     Document Type: Review

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