abstract background thalassemia is common in the iranian population, and it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of the microcytic hypochromic anemia. the molecular analysis of β-thalassemia is necessary for prenatal molecular diagnosis. α-thalassemia caused by loss of function of either one of the two duplicated α-globin genes or in less frequent non deletion mutations mostly locat...

An increased proportion of couples require a medical help to conceive and 1-3.6% of pregnancies in occidental countries are obtained thanks to a Assistance Reproduction For more than half of them the cause of these dysfunctions remains unknown and in vitro fertilization is often proposed as a universal answer to a complex problem. Most of the proposed treatments are often empirical and little h...