α-thalassaemia in Danish immigrants;α-thalassaemia hos den danske indvandrerbefolkning

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 36, 2002, Pages 4181-4184

  Birgens, Henrik S ^a   Karle, Hans ^a   Taaning, Pia ^a  

^a Medicinsk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037008921     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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