Haemoglobin E β thalassaemia in Sri Lanka

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9495, 2005, Pages 1467-1470

  Premawardhena, A ^a   Fisher, C A ^b   Olivieri, N F ^c   De Silva, S ^a   Arambepola, M ^a   Perera, W ^a   O'Donnell, A ^b   Peto, T E A ^b   Viprakasit, V ^d   Merson, L ^c   Muraca, G ^c   Weatherall, D J ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; PENICILLIN G;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GALLSTONE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INFECTION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 26944485129     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67396-5     Document Type: Article

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