Screening of thalassaemia carriers and its limitations

The α and β-thalassaemias (thal) are common genetic disorders of globin chain synthesis where the carriers have deficiency of α or β globin chain respectively. In resource limited settings, the naked eye single tube red cell osmotic fragility (NESTROFT) has been used for screening of thalassaemia. I...

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Main Author: George, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Published: Omics Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35321/