Sickle Cell Disease in Saudi Arabia: The Asian haplotype

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-168

  Sejeant, Graham R ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURVIVAL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 3142727261     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.166     Document Type: Article

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