Services & Activities

• Diagnostic screening of α, β and δ-thalassaemia (on 800 subjects examined each year) for this purpose.
• Prenatal diagnoses for thalassaemia to all couples at risk in Cyprus (about 150 cases per year) as well as to a small number of couples from neighbouring countries such as Egypt, Syria, Iran and Jordan.
• Preimplantation Genetics Diagnosis (PGD) for thalassaemia screening.
• Molecular diagnosis for several other inherited diseases, including Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy.

For more detailed information on thalassaemias and the type of work performed in the department please click here to download the following PDF