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Increased Prevalence of Thalassemia in Young People in Korea: Impact of Increasing Immigration
- Source :
- Annals of Laboratory Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine, 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Thalassemia is highly prevalent in Southeast Asia but is rare in Korea; however, Southeast Asian immigrant population is recently rising in Korea. We investigated the prevalence of thalassemia in Korea in the context of increasing immigration. METHODS This prospective, observational, multicenter study was conducted between September 2015 and August 2017. A total of 669 subjects
- Subjects :
- Adult
Electrophoresis
Male
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
Genetic testing
Adolescent
Thalassemia
Clinical Biochemistry
Context (language use)
Gene mutation
Southeast asian
Young Adult
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Immigrants
Republic of Korea
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Hemoglobin A2
Child
Mean corpuscular volume
Fetal Hemoglobin
Korea
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Biochemistry (medical)
Infant, Newborn
Complete blood count
Infant
Red blood cell distribution width
General Medicine
Emigration and Immigration
medicine.disease
Blood Cell Count
Diagnostic Hematology
Child, Preschool
Original Article
Female
business
Gene Deletion
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22343814 and 22343806
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Laboratory Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4a8d00f54152405d162e2cb84d62d8d3