The incidence of alpha-thalassemia in Antalya-Turkey

Turkish Journal of Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 433-434

  Canatan, Duran ^a   Oǧuz, Nurgül ^b   Güvendik, Ilter ^b   Yildirim, Seçim ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Antalya State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0036958861     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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