The first five years of a preventive programme for haemoglobinopathies in Northeastern Iraq

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Al Allawi, Nasir A S ^a   Jalal, Sana D ^b   Ahmed, Najmaddin H ^c   Faraj, Azad H ^c   Shalli, Awaz ^b   Hamamy, Hanan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic counselling; Haemoglobinopathies; Iraq; Premarital screen; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMARITAL SCREEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

GENETIC COUNSELLING; HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; IRAQ; PREMARITAL SCREEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84901335428     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969141313508105     Document Type: Article

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