Thalassemia screening based on red cell indices in the Chinese

Haematologica

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1310-1311

  Ma, E S K ^a   Chan, A Y Y ^a   Yin Ha, S ^a   Lau, Y L ^a   Chan, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; MCH; MCV; Red cell indices; Thalassemia screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHINESE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; THALASSEMIA;

CHINA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0035662926     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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