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Proposed low-cost premarital screening program for prevention of sickle cell and thalassemia in Yemen

In Yemen, the prevalence of sickle cell trait and β-thalassemia trait are high. The aim of this premarital program is to identify sickle cell and thalassemia carrier couples in Yemen before completing marriages proposal, in order to prevent affected birth. This can be achieved by applying a low-cost...

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Autores principales: Al-Nood, Hafiz, Al-Hadi, Abdulrahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25003062
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2013.13