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. 2004 Nov 13;329(7475):1134-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1134.

Iranian national thalassaemia screening programme

Ashraf Samavat  1 , Bernadette Modell
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Iranian national thalassaemia screening programme

Ashraf Samavat et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Iran's experience shows that genetic screening can be successful in lower resource countries and also provides some lessons for high resource nations

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Prenatal diagnosis has developed in response to public demand in Iran Credit: SHEHZAD NOORANI/STILL PICTURES
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Organisation of the Iranian primary healthcare system
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