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Prenatal molecular diagnosis of beta-thalassemia: report on the first two cases in Romania.
Journal of medicine and life - 1 Jan 2000
Talmaci R, Coriu D, Dan L, Cherry L, Gavrila L, Barbarii L, Dogaru M, Vladareanu F, Vladareanu R, Peltecu G, Colita D
Abstract excerpt
Thalassaemia major is a classical example of a disease that can be prevented by prenatal diagnosis. In Romania there are currently 300 patients with thalassaemia major under the management of specialized institutions. Prenatal diagnoses of thalassemia have offered a new dimension to the prevention of this disease, but in order to implement prenatal diagnosis, knowledge of mutations and of their incidence is...
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