Some atypical and rare sickle cell gene haplotypes in populations of Andhra Pradesh, India

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Niranjan, Y ^a,b   Chandak, G R ^b   Veerraju, P ^a   Singh, Lalji ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Fetal hemoglobin; Haplotypes; Sickle cell anemia; globin gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033153503     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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