Article
Screening and prenatal diagnosis of the haemoglobinopathies.
Bailliere's clinical haematology - 1 Mar 1993
Cao A, Rosatelli M C
Abstract excerpt
In this paper we have reviewed the social and technical aspects of carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis of the inherited haemoglobinopathies. The characteristics of programmes based on carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis ongoing in a number of at-risk Mediterranean populations have been...
Topics
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Female
- Globins
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Humans
- Mass Screening
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- alpha-Thalassemia
- beta-Thalassemia