Recommended counseling and testing for Special Populations
Ethnicity (patient and/or partner) Disorder and Tests
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