American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACOG Practice Bulletin. Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetrician-Gynecologists Number 64, July 2005 (Replaces Committee Opinion Number 238, July 2000): hemoglobinpathies in pregnancy
Abstract
The hemoglobinopathies are a heterogeneous group of single-gene disorders that include the structural hemoglobin variants and the thalassemias. More than 270 million people worldwide are heterozygous carriers of hereditary disorders of hemoglobin, and at least 300,000 affected homozygotes or compound heterozygotes are born each year (1). The purpose of this document is to review the most common hemoglobinopathies and to provide recommendations for the screening and clinical management of hemoglobinopathies during pregnancy.
Source and rights
Published by Obstetrics and gynecology, 2005. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Organisation
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Published
- 2005
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- PubMed
- 15994657
- Added to Prognia
- 23 July 2026





