Pre-Marital Screening for Thalassaemia – Legal, Social and Technical Obstacles

Authors

  • Zeeshan Hussain National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Saqib Ansari National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan.

Abstract

Pre-marital or carrier screening before marriage conventionally refers to detect defective or diseased genes causing autosomal or X-linked recessive genetic diseases in the offspring, having significant morbidity and reduced life expectancy in the progeny. Despite miraculous advancements in medical sciences, most of the genetic disorders still remain a challenge for the medical scientist in term of cure.

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Published

28.12.2020

How to Cite

1.
Hussain Z, Ansari S. Pre-Marital Screening for Thalassaemia – Legal, Social and Technical Obstacles. Nat J Health Sci [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 28 [cited 2025 Mar. 19];3(2):33-5. Available from: https://ojs.njhsciences.com/index.php/njhs/article/view/88

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Editorial

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This is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.