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Carrier screening for ?- and ?-thalassemia in pregnancy: the results of an 11-year prospective program in Guangzhou Maternal and Neonatal hospital
1 Jan 2005
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the first prospective screening program in China for control of alpha and beta-thalassemia in the population of pregnant couples. METHODS: During the period between January 1993 and December 2003, a hospital-based preventive program was conducted at the biggest birth center in Guangzhou, with 1/17 of all deliveries in this city referred annually by use of conventional heterozygote...
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