Alpha-thalassemia
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Last Posted: Jan 05, 2023
- Rapid Targeted Sequencing Using Dried Blood Spot Samples for Patients With Suspected Actionable Genetic Diseases.
Kim Man Jin et al. Annals of laboratory medicine 2022 43(3) 280-289 - Mutations in Thalassemia Carrier Couples: The Importance of Prenatal Diagnostic Tests.
Kiani Ali Asghar et al. Clinical laboratory 2022 68(5) - Erythrocyte Indices and Hemoglobin Analysis for α-Thalassemia Screening in an Area with High Carrying Rate.
Zheng Lin et al. Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion 2022 38(2) 352-358 - Newborn Screening and Clinical Profile of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in a Tribal Area of Gujarat.
Dave Kapil Kumar et al. Indian pediatrics 2022 - Screening of Some Indicators for Alpha-Thalassemia in Fujian Province of Southern China.
Zheng Lin et al. International journal of general medicine 2021 147329-7335 - Prospective Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Inherited Blood Disorders in Central Malawi.
Tegha Gerald et al. International journal of public health 2021 66629338 - Genetic epidemiology of hemoglobinopathies among Iraqi Kurds.
Al-Allawi Nasir et al. Journal of community genetics 2020 Nov - Study Finds Methods for Alpha-Thalassemia Screening and Reporting Vary Across Newborn Screening Programs
CDC, September 2020 - Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection - United States, 2016.
Bender M A et al. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020 Sep 69(36) 1269-1272 - Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection — United States, 2016
MA Bender et al, MMWR, September 11, 2020
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