Thalassemia in Iran in Last Twenty Years: the Carrier Rates and the Births Trend

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Ahmadvand, Alireza ID 1
Yousefi Darestani, Sakineh ID 2
Manshadi, Mohsen ID 3
Miri, Maedehsadat ID 4
Tabrizi Namini, Mehdi ID 5
Hadipour Dehshal, Mahmoud ID 6
Sadeghian Varnosfaderani, Forouzan ID 7

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چکیده

Background: Iran is one of the countries located on “the thalassemia belt” with a significant annual number of thalassemia new births. Given the importance of thalassemia prevention, a program to this effect was approved in Iran in 1995. Screening of carrier couples and prenatal diagnosis were the two main elements of this ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Prevention of thalassemia, Iran, thalassemia, thalassemia carrier rate, success rate, screening, prenatal diagnosis