Molecular and hematological characterization of HB tak and HB pyrgos in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 110-114

  Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Sae ung, Nattaya ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fukumaki, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBIN PYRGOS; HEMOGLOBIN TAK; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

ADULT; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0031309263     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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