Prevalence and mutations of β-thalassemia trait and abnormal hemoglobins in premarital screening in Çanakkale province, Turkey

The prevalence of β-thalassemia (β-thal) carriers in Turkey varies according to region but in general it is 2.0%. Çanakkale is a city in the Aegean region of Turkey but no study about β-thal frequency in Çanakkale has been published to date. In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of β-...

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Main Authors: Uludağ A, Uysal A, Ertekin YH, Tekin M, Kütük B, Silan F, Özdemir Ö
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjmg-2016-0004