The molecular basis of thalassaemia major and thalassaemia intermedia in Asian Indians: Application to prenatal diagnosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 225-231

  Thein, S L ^a   Hesketh, C ^a   Wallace, R B ^a   Weatherall, D J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0023741186     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1988.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

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