title: Screening for Thalassemia Carrier Status in Pregnancy and Pre-Natal Diagnosis.
abstract: This hospital-based study reports the results of antenatal screening for thalassemia in pregnant women visiting a hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Eighty-eight (5.9%) of 1500 women screened for thalassemia had thalassemia trait. Twenty at-risk couples were identified and two fetuses were detected to be having thalassemia major.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dr SN Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. vidit_gupta9@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Vidit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jora
authors.forename: Minhas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amandeep
authors.forename: Anjani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology