Sickle cell and G-6-PD deficiency gene in cord blood samples: Experience at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-74

  Al Nuaim, Lulu ^a   Talib, Zeinab Abo ^a   El Hazmi, Mohsen A F ^a   Warsy, Arjumand S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030890326     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.2.71     Document Type: Article

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