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Exploring the Effectiveness of Mandatory Premarital Screening and Genetic Counselling Programmes for β-Thalassaemia in the Middle East: A Scoping Review.

Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2015

Saffi Marwa, Howard Natasha

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BACKGROUND: β-Thalassaemia is a common genetic blood disorder in the Middle Eastern region. Mandatory premarital screening and genetic counselling (PMSGC) programmes are implemented in 8 Middle East countries to reduce at-risk marriages and thus disease prevalence. A scoping review was conducted to explore the effectiveness of these programmes. METHODS: The 6-stage scoping framework of Arksey and O'Malley [Int J...

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PMID: 26045079
DOI: 10.1159/000430837

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