Ethnicity (patient and/or partner) | Disorder and Tests |
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African | Sickle cell disease / trait CBC, RBC indices, Hgb electrophoresis (if anemic and normal iron indices) |
Thalassemia CBC, RBC indices, Hgb electrophoresis (if anemic and normal iron indices) |
Source: Solomon, et, al., "The Clinical content of preconception care:genetics and genomics." AJOG, Supplement to December, 2008. S340-S344