Prevalence Of Common Hemoglobinopathies in Gujarat: An Analysis of a Large Population Screening Program

• Main Authors: Ashwin P Patel (Author), Madhuben R Naik (Author), Nilam M Shah (Author), Narmadeshwar P Sharma (Author), Prakash H Parmar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To determine prevalence and geographical distribution of ß-thalassemia trait and sickle cell trait in Gujarat Methods: The present study includes 3, 17,539 persons who were screened for hemoglobinopathies from September 2004 to November 2008. Blood samples were collected into EDTA and ru...