Article
Carrier rate of thalassemia among 25,910 high school students in Shaoguan area, China.
Journal of medical screening - 1 Mar 2024
Chen Yajun, Zhong Rui, Guo Xueqin, Chen Shiping, Wang Yan, Li Jiufeng, Huang Lichan, Li Yi, Wang Xiaoling, Wu Liting, Huang Mubao, Huang Xiaoyan, Fang Junbin, Chu Zhongjie, Sun Jun, Peng Zhiyu, Sun Yan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: As one of the most common hereditary diseases, thalassemia affects a large number of people in China. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a method based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) for screening of thalassemia carriers among high school students in the Shaoguan area. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The NGS-based method was performed using 25,910 high school students recruited...
Topics
- Child
- Humans
- Early Detection of Cancer
- beta-Thalassemia
- China
- Genotype
- alpha-Thalassemia
- Students
- Mutation
