キューバの状細胞病の予防プログラム
H Granda1, S Gispert, A Dorticós
1National Centre of Medical Genetics, Higher Institute of Medical Science, Havana, Cuba.
Lancet (London, England)
|January 19, 1991
まとめ
キューバ キューバ キューバ キューバ キューバ キューバ
科学分野:
- 医学遺伝学 医学遺伝学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 血液学 ヘマトロジ
背景:
- キューバの状細胞遺伝子キャリアの割合は,地域によって (3-7%) 異なる.
- 1983年に全国的な状細胞疾患対策プログラムが開始されました.
- このプログラムは,教育,スクリーニング,カウンセリング,産前診断を統合したプログラムでした.
研究 の 目的:
- キューバの全国的な状細胞疾患制御プログラムの有効性を評価するために.
- スクリーニングの結果と遺伝カウンセリングと産前診断の影響を報告する.
主な方法:
- 妊娠中の女性や父親の全国的なスクリーニングで,異常なヘモグロビンの検査を行います.
- リスクカップルのための遺伝カウンセリング.
- リスクの高い妊娠における産前診断.
- 妊娠中絶は,産前診断の結果に基づいて行われる.
主要な成果:
- 806,935人の妊婦をスクリーニングし,3.7%のヘモグロビンの異常を特定しました.
- 19,686人の父親を検査し,1268人のリスクカップルを検出した.
- 531例の妊娠で妊娠前診断を行い,98例の胎児 (SSまたはSC) が罹患していることを確認しました.
- 妊娠中断の72例で,胎児が病気だった.
結論:
- キューバの状細胞疾患対策プログラムでは,リスクのあるカップルと罹患した胎児を成功裏に特定しました.
- 産前診断と,その後の妊娠中絶は,疾患の罹患率に大きな影響を及ぼしました.
- このプログラムは,多様な集団における状細胞疾患の管理のための実行可能なモデルを示しています.
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