The prevalence and molecular basis of hemoglobinopathies in Cambodia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-470

  Carnley, Benedict P ^a,b   Prior, John F ^a   Gilbert, Anne ^a   Lim, Erna ^a   Devenish, Robyn ^c   Sing, Heng ^c   Sarin, Eng ^c   Guhadasan, Rathi ^c   Sullivan, Sheena G ^d   Wise, Cheryl A ^d   Bittles, Alan H ^d   Chan, Kaimin ^e   Wong, Man Sim ^e   Chan, Vivian ^e   Erber, Wendy N ^a,f  

^a Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); Thalassemia (thal); Cambodia; Hemoglobinopathies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; LYSINE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMBODIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33748939066     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260600868071     Document Type: Article

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