Enabling routine β-thalassemia Prevention and Patient Management by scalable, combined Thalassemia and Hemochromatosis Mutation Analysis

Abstract Background Beta (β)-thalassemia is one of the most common inherited disorders worldwide, with high prevalence in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and South Asia. Over the past 40 years, awareness and prevention campaigns in many countries have greatly reduced the incidence of affected chi...

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Main Authors: Ghazala Hashmi, Asim Qidwai, Kristopher Fernandez, Michael Seul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-020-01017-x