Plasmodium falciparum infection: Influence on hemoglobin levels in α- thalassemia and microcytosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 925-928

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a,d   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   May, Jürgen ^a   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^b   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^a,b   Olumese, Peter E ^c   Meyer, Christian G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA;

EID: 0032860891     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314959     Document Type: Article

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