α-thalassaemia (Hb-Bart's) in Rajasthan (India)

Haematologia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-213

  Choubisa, S L ^a   Choubisa, D K ^a   Khare, S ^a  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Hb Bart's; Rajasthan; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0033641711     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855900300109215     Document Type: Article

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