# Screening for the Known Αlpha Thalassemia Deletions by Polymerase Chain Reaction

## Authors

- Kiran Tauseef Bukhari ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-2666)) — Pathology Consultant Haematologist, Al Nafees Med College, Isra University Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
- Nouman Noor ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-4208)) — Operative Dentistry, Rawal Dental Collage, Rawal Institue of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Sadaf Humayoun ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9974-6220)) — Senior Registrar, Rawal Dental Collage, Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Humaira Zafar ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-3862)) — Pathology Consultant Microbiologist, Al Nafees Med College, Isra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
- Noor Khan Lakhnana — Pathology Consultant Histopathologist, Al Nafees Med College, Isra University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan

## Article information

- **Journal:** The Ulutas Medical Journal (Ulutas Med J), ISSN 2149-388X
- **Issue:** Volume 3, Issue 4 (2017), pages 59–64
- **Article type:** Review Article
- **Published online:** 2017-12-27
- **DOI:** [10.5455/umj.20170608074047](https://doi.org/10.5455/umj.20170608074047)
- **Licence:** [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
- **Article page:** https://www.ulutasmedicaljournal.com/?mno=268871
- **PDF:** https://www.ulutasmedicaljournal.com/pdf/268871.pdf

## Abstract

Thalassemia is the quantitatively inherited disorder of haemoglobin polypeptide chain synthesis. Awareness about the exact frequency of disease in our country, Pakistan, along with the appropriate knowledge of diagnostic and prevention approach will be a step forward to combat thalassemia in Pakistan. The proposed review article will provide updated information regarding the exact frequency and distribution of thalassemia in neonates in Pakistan and Internationally. All this ultimately provide a great help in establishing the policies for thalassemia prevention and control programs in Pakistan. Thalassemia is the quantitatively inherited disorder of hemoglobin polypeptide chain synthesis. Awareness about the exact frequency of disease in our country, Pakistan, along with the appropriate knowledge of diagnostic and prevention approach will be a step forward to combat thalassemia in Pakistan. The proposed review article will provide updated information regarding the exact frequency and distribution of thalassemia in neonates in Pakistan and Internationally. All this ultimately provide a great help in establishing the policies for thalassemia prevention and control programs in Pakistan.

## Keywords

Alpha Thalassemia; Deletions; Polymerase chain reaction; Diagnosis; Prevention

## How to cite

Bukhari KT, Noor N, Humayoun S, Zafar H, Lakhnana NK. Screening for the Known Αlpha Thalassemia Deletions by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Ulutas Med J. 2017;3(4):59-64. doi:10.5455/umj.20170608074047

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