Determinants of haemoglobin level in steady-state homozygous sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Serjeant, Graham ^a   Serjeant, Beryl ^a   Stephens, Adrian ^a   Roper, David ^a   Higgs, Douglas ^b   Beckford, Marjorie ^a   Cook, James ^c   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Haemolytic rate; SS disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0030069938     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.284816.x     Document Type: Article

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