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A particular focus on the prevalence of α-thalassemia and β-thalassemia among pregnant women in Changsha County, Hunan Province.
Front Genet
November 2024
Department of obstetrics and gynecology, Changsha County maternal and child health hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Article Synopsis
- * Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to test 38,810 pregnant women, revealing that 5.69% were carriers of thalassemia; specifically, various genotypes of α-thalassemia and β-thalassemia were identified, along with rare mutations.
- * The study found that thalassemia carriers tended to have lower hemoglobin levels and highlighted the importance of hematological parameters like MCV and MCH in genetic diagnoses, suggesting that combining NGS with hemoglobin electrophoresis can improve