Spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in Oman

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 404-406

  Daar, S ^a   Hussein, H M ^b   Merghoub, T ^b   Krishnamoorthy, R ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OMAN;

EID: 0031819987     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10504.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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