Alpha-thalassemia in a selected population of Mexico

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-398

  Casas Castañeda, Maricela ^a   Hernandez Lugo, Isabel ^b   Torres, Oscar ^c   Barajas, Hilario ^c   Cibrian, Sebastian ^c   Zamudio, Guadalupe ^a   Villalobos Arambula, Alma Rosa ^d   Hermosillo Bañuelos, Rosa Maria ^a   Perea, Francisco Javier ^e   Ibarra, Bertha ^a,d  

^a Ctro Invest Biomedica Occidente   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e Div de Medicina Molecular   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassemia; Hemoglobinopathies; Hemolytic anemias; Mexico; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO;

EID: 17644428484     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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