The prevalence of hemoglobin S and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Jordanian newborn

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 417-420

  Talafih, Khalid ^a   Hunaiti, Abdelrahim A ^b   Gharaibeh, Nayef ^a   Gharaibeh, Mohammad ^c   Jaradat, Saied ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Princess Basma Teaching Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Hemoglobin S gene; Jordanian newborns

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JORDAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0029843438     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01050.x     Document Type: Article

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