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Clinical to Molecular Screening Paradigm for β-Thalassemia Carriers.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2015
Abdel-Messih Ibrahim Y, Youssef Soha R, Mokhtar Galila M, Elmogy Mahira I, Mahmoud Hanan M, Ayoub Mariz, Pessar Shaimaa A
Abstract excerpt
β-Thalassemia (β-thal) represents a major health problem worldwide and particularly in Egypt. Its prevention, compared to treatment, is cost-effective, possible and practical. In this study we evaluate a proposed paradigm for detection of the β-thal carrier state. The present study included 1627 children and adolescents of both sexes, presenting as outpatients to clinics of Ain-Shams University Hospitals, Cairo,...
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