Thalassemia secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shyam Patel [2]

Overview

There is some role for genetic counseling and education as a means of secondary prevention of thalassemia.

Secondary Prevention

Secondary prevention for thalassemia focuses on preventing the birth of infants who could be at risk for thalassemia. Secondary prevention involves genetic counseling of patients who are known carriers of alpha-globin or beta-globin chain mutations. Education programs have been instituted in a variety of countries to address secondary prevention.^[1]

References

↑ Cao A, Kan YW (2013). “The prevention of thalassemia”. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 3 (2): a011775. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a011775. PMC 3552345. PMID 23378598.

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[pmid23378598-1] Cao A, Kan YW (2013). “The prevention of thalassemia”. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 3 (2): a011775. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a011775. PMC 3552345. PMID 23378598.

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