Prevalence of hemoglobin S and β-thalassemia in Northern Jordan

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-20

  Sunna, Elias I ^a   Gharaibeh, Nayef S ^a   Knapp, Dona D ^b   Bashir, Nabil A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

HbS; hemoglobinopathy; Northern Jordan; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

EID: 0029982216     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb00929.x     Document Type: Article

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