An article entitled “Prevalence and molecular characterization of alpha-thalassemia among newborns in Ardabil Province” co-authored by Dr. Rouhallah Moradpour and Mahshid Damandan, Ph.D. students at Khazar University’s Department of Life Sciences, was published in “Electronic Physician”, an International Scientific Journal.

In this cross-sectional study, one thousand newborns were referred for screening of alpha thalassemia at a pediatric unit in Ardabil province between April 2016 and March 2018. The prevalence of α-thalassemia in studied newborns was 3.3% in Ardabil province. The most common mutation was the 3.7 single gene deletions that were found in 42.4% (14 cases) of newborns with α-talassemia. Results showed that the prevalence of α-thalassemia in Ardabil province was lower than the average rate for the country and the most common mutation was –α3.7/αα, which was similar to other places in Iran.

The article can be read at this link:

http://ephysician.ir/index.php/browse-issues/12/2/1170-7703