Haemoglobin electrophoresis patterns in Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-222

  St John, M A ^a   Lungu, F N ^b  

^a Barbados Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Barbados)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FETUS BLOOD; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BARBADOS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FETAL BLOOD; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033255724     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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