Results of fetal DNA testing for thalassemia major syndromes, June 1974 - December 1989
Results of fetal DNA testing for thalassemia major syndromes, June 1974 - December 1989
Parameter
Number of cases
Percent
Total cases at risk for thalassemia
4300
Affected cases
1074
25.0
Pregnancies continued
29
2.7
Fetal losses
-
1.2*
Diagnostic errors
-
0.5*
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* Data from 6300 cases tested for either thalassemia or sickle cell disease.
Reproduced with permission from: Beris P, Darbellay R, Extermann P. Prevention of beta-thalassemia major and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis syndrome. Semin Hematol 1995; 32:244.
