α-thalassemia in Bantu population from Congo-Brazzaville: Its interaction with sickle cell anemia

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-125

  Mouele R ^a,c   Pambou, O ^b   Feingold, J ^d   Galacteros F ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

^c Ctr Natl de Transfusion Sanguine   (Congo)

^d Hôpital Henri Mondor ^*

Author keywords

Bantu population; Congo; Epidemiology; Malaria; Sickle cell anemia; + thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONGO; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0345440071     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022899     Document Type: Article

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