Variable Clinical Severity of Hb E β-Thalassemia among Indians

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 966-968

  Nadkarni, Anita ^a   Ghosh, K ^a   Gorakshakar, A ^a   Colah, R ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 0033205732     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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