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Prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia in the West Bank and Gaza.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Nov 2005
Ayesh Suhail K, Al-Sharef Wasif A, Nassar Suheir M, Thawabteh Nabeel A, Abu-Libdeh Bassam Y
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OBJECTIVE: This study focuses on the genetic aspect of beta-thalassemia among 88 at risk couples from the West Bank and Gaza, and the attitude of these couples toward prenatal diagnosis and its outcome as a preventive method. METHODS: We tested 130 prenatal samples for beta-thalassemia during the period from January 1999 to July 2005. We performed prenatal diagnosis in these cases using the amplification...
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