Effect of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia on some haematological parameters in adolescent and adult Nigerian HbAA and HbAS blood genotypes

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 129-132

  Eteng, M U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN AA; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0642344833     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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