Updated results of the thalassaemia prevention programme carried out in Latium.
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A screening programme for the prospective prevention of Mediterranean anaemia in Latium: results of seven years' work.
Since 1975 the Rome Microcythaemia Centre has carried out every year, under the auspices of the health authorities of the Latium region, a screening of thalassaemics among intermediate schoolchildren of Latium. From these campaigns, knowledge about thalassaemias among the young adult population has grown which, in its turn, has resulted in screening of these young adults. Through screening in s...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical genetics
دوره 26 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989