The challenge of thalassemia for the developing countries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 11-17

  Weatherall, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing world; Monogenic diseases; Sickle cell disorders; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENE FREQUENCY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 29744452838     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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