The sickle cell gene as a multifaceted problem in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-404

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A F ^a,b   Warsy, Arjumand S ^b  

^a WHO Collaborating Ctr HTE   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Malaria; Saudi arabia; Sickle cell gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000897352     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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