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1. The first five years of a preventive programme for haemoglobinopathies in Northeastern Iraq.

Author

Al-Allawi, Nasir AS, Jalal, Sana D, Ahmed, Najmaddin H, Faraj, Azad H, Shalli, Awaz, and Hamamy, Hanan

Subjects
*SICKLE cell anemia, *BETA-Thalassemia, *ABORTION, *CONSANGUINITY, *GENETIC counseling, *HEMOGLOBINOPATHY, *PRENATAL diagnosis, *PREVENTION, HEMOGLOBINOPATHY diagnosis
Abstract

The article discusses a study related to the effectiveness of preventive program for haemoglobinopathies in northeastern Iraq. It states that haemoglobinopathies are inherited disorders related to globin chain synthesis. It informs that this disorder can be quantitative or qualitative, and most of the couples are diagnosed by prematerial screening, and 76 percent of prenatal diagnosis is directed by selective termination of an affected fetus.

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2013
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