Hereditary persistence of foetal haemoglobin in a tribal family of Orissa, India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-140

  Balgir, R S ^a  

^a Kalinga Hospital Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PALLOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 3042805289     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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