PREMARITAL SCREENING FOR B-THALASSAEMIA IN SOUTHERN IRAN: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE PROGRAMME
Authors: Mehran Karimi, Nima Jamalian, HoomanYarmohammadi, Abdolrasoul Askarnejad, Abdolreza Afrasiabi and Alireza Hashemi
Background b-thalassaemia is a preventable disease. Iran has about 20,000 homozygote
b-thalassaemia patients and 3,750,000 carriers.
Objective To assess the 10-year results of the screening programme, which has been operating in
Southern Iran […]
ATTITUDE TOWARD PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS FOR B-THALASSEMIA MAJOR AND MEDICAL ABORTION IN SOUTHERN IRAN
Authors: Mehran Karimi, Sheyda Johari, and Nader Cohan 1Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2Fasa School of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptability of prenatal diagnosis […]
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FOURTEEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF THALASSEMIA IN IRAN
Authors: Hossein Najmabadi , Alireza Ghamari, Farhad Sahebjam, Roxana Kariminejad, Valeh Hadavi,Talayeh Khatibi, Ashraf Samavat, Elaheh Mehdipour, Bernadette Modell, Mohammand Hassan Kariminejad
Abstract
For 14 years, Iranian scientists have worked to develop a national thalassemia prevention program. Although
historically abortion was considered unacceptable […]
THE EFFECT OF CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING ON FETAL HEART RATE
Author: Shahram Akhlaghpoor Taraneh Hosseinipoor
Novin Medical Radiation Institute, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Objective: Fetal heart rate (FHR) variation during chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a controversial topic. Limited
studies have been published on this subject. Our study intended to evaluate the effects of CVS on the […]
CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING FOR BETA-THALASSEMIA: THE FIRST REPORT OF EXPERIENCE IN IRAN
Author: Shahram Akhlaghpoor Novin Medical Radiation Institute, Medical Imaging
Objectives Beta-thalassemia is one of the most common hereditary disorders in Iran. The prenatal diagnosis
of beta-thalassemia is part of a control program in our country and it began 13 years ago. During the past
8 […]
