Red blood cell phenotypes in the α+ thalassaemias from early childhood to maturity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 266-272

  Williams, T N ^a   Maitland, K ^b   Ganczakowski, M ^a   Peto, T E A ^a   Clegg, J B ^a   Weatherall, D J ^a   Bowden, D K ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indices; Melanesia; Vanuatu; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANESIA; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029844150     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1906.x     Document Type: Article

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