The thalassemia syndromes

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Hilliard, Lee M ^a,b   Berkow, Roger L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Southern Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; FETUS HYDROPS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030248327     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1068-607X(96)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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