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Antenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia in Sardinia.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 1990
Cao A, Rosatelli M C, Leoni G B, Tuveri T, Scalas M T, Monni G, Olla G, Galanello R
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This paper reviews the characteristics and the results of 15 years of experience with a preventive program, based on carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis, designed to control thalassemia major in the Sardinian population. The education of the population about thalassemia and the modalities for its prevention was accomplished via the mass media. Carrier screening was carried out voluntarily on couples of...
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