Prevalence of beta-thalassaemia trait in 1124 students from Aegean region of Turkey

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 184-185

  Aydinok, Yeşim ^a   Oztop, Senay ^a   Nişli, Güngör ^a   Kavakli, Kaan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0030878825     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.3.184     Document Type: Article

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