Prevention of Thalassaemias and Other Haemoglobin Disorders: Volume 1: Principles [Internet]

John Old

Prevention of Thalassaemias and Other Haemoglobin Disorders: Volume 1: Principles [Internet]

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2 edition. Nicosia (Cyprus): Thalassaemia International Federation; 2013.

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John Old¹¹

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¹ TIF Medical Advisor, Thalassaemia International Federation, PO Box 28807, 2083 Nicosia, Cyprus Email: michael.angastiniotis@thalassaemia.org.cy
² TIF Executive Director, Thalassaemia International Federation, PO Box 28807, 2083 Nicosia, Cyprus Email: thalassaemia-mkt@thalassaemia.org.cy
³ Head of Paediatric Thalassaemia Centre, Ospedale Regionale Microitemie, Via Jenner (sn), 09121 Cagliari, Italy Email: renzo.galanello@mcweb.unica.it
⁴ HAssistant Professor of Genetics, Dept of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands Email: C.L.Harteveld@lumc.nl
⁵ Consultant Clinical Molecular Geneticist and Honorary Senior Lecturer (University College London) Haemoglobinopathy Genetics Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University College London, Institute of Women's Health 86-96 Chenies Mews, London WC1 E6HX, UK Email: m.petrou@ucl.ac.uk
⁶ Associate Professor of Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Athens, Choremeio Research Laboratory, St. Sophia's Children's Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece Email: jtraeger@med.uoa.gr
⁷ Emeritus Assoc. Professor and Consultant Clinical Scientist, Dept of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands. Email: P.C.Giordano@lumc.nl
⁸ Professor of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University College London Medical School, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86-96 Chenies Mews, London WC1 E6HX, UK
⁹ Emeritus Professor of Community Genetics (University College London), RF & UC Medical School, Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, and UCL Centre for Health Information and Multiprofessionsl Education (CHIME), Holborn Union Building, Whittington Campus, Highgate Hill, , London N19 5LW, UK
¹⁰ Director of International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research Al-Hazar University, Cairo, Egypt
¹¹ Consultant Clinical Scientist and Honorary Reader in Haematology (Oxford University), National Haemoglobinopathy Reference Laboratory, Molecular Haematology, L4, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK Email: john.old@ouh.nhs.uk

PMID: 24672827
Bookshelf ID: NBK190481

Excerpt

Volume 1 of the Prevention Book presents the principles of a programme for the prevention of the thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders, including a description of the various types of disorders requiring prenatal diagnosis, the strategies used for carrier screening, and a number of annexes listing upto date epidemiological and mutation data on thalassaemia. This book was written for use in combination with Volume 2, which describes many of the laboratory protocols in great detail.

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