Red cell morphology and malaria anaemia in children with Southeast- Asian ovalocytosis band 3 in Papua New Guinea

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-412

  O'Donnell, A ^a,b,c   Allen, S J ^a,b   Mgone, C S ^b   Martinson, J J ^a   Clegg, J B ^a   Weatherall, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Malaria anaemia; Papua New Guinea; Red cell morphology; Southeast Asian ovalocytosis band 3

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031803049     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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