Epidemiological profile of hemoglobinopathies in the Mauritanian population

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 320-321

  Deyde, V M ^a,c   Lo, B B ^b   Khalifa, I O ^b   Ly, B ^b   Ball, A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Centre Hosp National de Nouakchott   (Mauritania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Hemoglobinopathies; Mauritania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAURITANIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

BLOOD DONORS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MAURITANIA;

EID: 0036934813     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0471-6     Document Type: Article

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