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Original Article

Pre-natal diagnosis of thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: A ten year review

Kalinga Khemal NanayakkaraSuwasevana Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka; Correspondence[email protected]
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Undugodage Ganganath RodrigoTeaching Hospital Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka;
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Kuda Liyanage Nandika PereraGenetech Molecular Diagnostics and School of Gene Technology in Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka;
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Chinthani Deepthi NanayakkaraFaculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Pages 861-863 | Received 19 Sep 2016, Accepted 26 Feb 2017, Published online: 11 Apr 2017

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