Screening for beta-thalassaemia carriers in Egypt: significance of the osmotic fragility test.

El-Beshlawy, A; Kaddah, N; Moustafa, A; Mouktar, G; Youssry, I

El-Beshlawy, A; Kaddah, N; Moustafa, A; Mouktar, G; Youssry, I.

Affiliation

El-Beshlawy A; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. amalelbeshlawy@yahoo.com

East Mediterr Health J ; 13(4): 780-6, 2007.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17955759

Subject(s)

Genetic Carrier Screening/methods; Genetic Testing/methods; Osmotic Fragility; beta-Thalassemia/diagnosis; beta-Thalassemia/epidemiology; Adolescent; Anemia, Hypochromic/epidemiology; Anemia, Hypochromic/genetics; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/epidemiology; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/genetics; Child; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Egypt/epidemiology; Fetal Hemoglobin/metabolism; Genetic Testing/economics; Genetic Testing/standards; Hemoglobin A2/metabolism; Heterozygote; Hospitals, Pediatric; Hospitals, University; Hospitals, Urban; Humans; Iron/blood; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Transferrin/metabolism; beta-Thalassemia/blood; beta-Thalassemia/genetics

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Osmotic Fragility / Genetic Testing / Beta-Thalassemia / Genetic Carrier Screening Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: East Mediterr Health J Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Egypt Country of publication: Egypt

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