Abstract:Background: Hemoglobinopathies pose a significant health burden in the Saurashtra region in western India. Identifying couples at- risk of having a child with a severe hemoglobin disorder prenatally can help in counseling with the option of prenatal diagnosis.Methods: All pregnant carriers of β thalassemia were advised to screen their husbands. If both were carriers, they were counselled to undergo prenatal diagnosis. Prenatal diagnosis was done in 174 couples. Chorionic villus sampling was done at 10 to 12 we… Show more
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