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 […]
LESSONS FROM THALASSAEMIA SCREENING IN IRAN
Authors: Arnold Christianson, Allison Streetly and Aamra Darr
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