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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of β-Thalassemia in Kirkuk Province of Northern Iraq.
Hemoglobin - 1 Sept 2024
Abbas Raghad A, Hassan Riyad H, Taghlubee Israa M, Mohammed Safaa I, Mohammed Huda H, Hasan Hanan H, Judi Ashwaq T, Ali Luqman S, Mohammed Wisam J, Shihab Hiba M, Hussein Thamir A, Al-Kareem Nawras A, Hassan Meaad K, Al-Allawi Nasir
Abstract excerpt
To determine the prevalence and molecular basis of β-thalassemia in the Northeastern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, a total of 3954 individuals attending the provincial premarital screening center were recruited. The prevalence of β-thalassemia minor among the screened individuals was found to be 3.0%, while those of Hemoglobin E, and δβ-thalassemia carrier states were 0.05%, and 0.03% respectively. Molecular...
Topics
- beta-Thalassemia
- Humans
- Iraq
- Prevalence
- Mutation
- Female
- Male
- beta-Globins
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing