Hemoglobin E prevalence in malaria-endemic villages in Myanmar

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Win, Ne ^a   Lwin, Aye Aye ^a   Oo, Myat Mon ^a   Aye, Khin Saw ^a   Soe Soe, ^a   Okada, Shigeru ^b  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Border areas; Hemoglobin E; Indigenous races; Malaria; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE;

EID: 19944413673     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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