Article
Care for Haemoglobinopathy Patients in Slovakia.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Mar 2017
Fábryová Viera, Božek Peter, Drakulová Monika, Kollárová Andrea, Striežencová Zuzana Laluhová, Macichová Michaela, Sakalová Adriena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The paper presents the results od 22-year study of screening and follow-up of haemoglobinopathies in Slovakia, an overview of genetic mutations, the coincidence with hereditary haemochromatosis mutations, and the procedure in genetic councelling. METHODS: Between 1993-2015, in three centres in Bratislava and in one centre in Kosice, carriers of beta-thalassaemic genes or other haemoglobinopathies were...
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- Adult
- Female
- Genetic Counseling
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mutation