Thalassemia Screening among Royal Thai Army Medical Cadets

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-276

  Nathalang, Oytip ^a   Arnutti, Pasra ^a   Nillakupt, Kamolthip ^a  

^a PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL INCLUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; SCREENING TEST; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 1842831257     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.4.274     Document Type: Article

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