PREVALENCE OF ß-THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS AMONG NORTHEASTERN IRANIAN POPULATION AND THEIR IMPACTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES AND APPLICATION OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, A SEVEN-YEARS STUDY

PREVALENCE OF ß-THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS AMONG NORTHEASTERN IRANIAN POPULATION AND THEIR IMPACTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES AND APPLICATION OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, A SEVEN-YEARS STUDY

Background and objective: ß-thalassemia results from a diverse range of mutations inside the hemoglobin subunit β (HBB) gene. In a study of β-thalassemia carriers and some of their at-risk fetuses in the Khorasan province of Iran we aimed to recognize the most common mutations in the region and to f...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Ehsan Jaripour, Kourosh Hayatigolkhatmi, Vahid Iranmanesh, Farhad Khadivi Zand, Zahra Badiei, Hamid Farhangi, Ali Ghasemi, Abdollah Banihashem, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Ariane Sadr-Nabavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-07-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ß-thalassemia, mutation prevalence, complete blood count, prenatal diagnosis, Khorasan
Online Access:https://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/3392

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