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Efficacy of the National Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease Prevention Programme in Northern Greece: 15-Year Experience, Practice and Policy Gaps for Natives and Migrants

Stamatia TheodoridouHaemoglobinopathy Prevention Unit, Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Correspondence[email protected]
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Nikolaos PrapasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Angeliki BalassopoulouThalassaemia National Centre of Greece, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Effrossyni BoutouThalassaemia National Centre of Greece, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Timoleon-Achilleas VyzantiadisFirst Department of Microbiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Despoina AdamidouHaemoglobinopathy Prevention Unit, Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Evangelia-Eleni DelakiThalassaemia National Centre of Greece, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Eleni YfantiThalassaemia National Centre of Greece, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Marina EconomouFirst Department of Paediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Αikaterini TeliFirst Department of Paediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Olga KarakasidouHaemoglobinopathy Prevention Unit, Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Evangelia SkatharoudiHaemoglobinopathy Prevention Unit, Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Theodoros TheodoridisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
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Ersi VoskaridouThalassaemia National Centre of Greece, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Pages 257-263 | Received 09 Jul 2018, Accepted 10 Sep 2018, Published online: 03 Dec 2018

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Evangelia Zarkada, Eleni Yfanti, Aikaterini Teli, Angeliki Balassopoulou, Klio Sinopoulou & Stamatia Theodoridou. (2022) Rare Pathogenic β0-Thalassemia Mutation, Codon 7 (GAG>TAG) (HBB: c.22G>T). Report of the First Two Cases in Albanian Immigrants of Northern Greece. Hemoglobin 46:2, pages 140-142.
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