Screening for thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal: Implications for population screening

• Main Authors: Bhawna Bhutoria Jain (Author), Rabindra Nath Roy (Author), Sulekha Ghosh (Author), Tapan Ghosh (Author), Uma Banerjee (Author), Subodh Kumar Bhattacharya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hemoglobinopathies are common genetic disorders of hemoglobin, which can be prevented by population screening and offering genetic counseling. In absence of population-based screening for hemoglobinopathies, the hospital-based diagnosis register provide idea about the extent of problem in the commun...