Abnormal haemoglobin variants, ABO and Rh blood groups among student of African descent in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-181

  Jeremiah, Zaccheaus Awortu ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ABO; Blood groups; Haemoglobin genotypes; Nigeria; Rh

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34347371090     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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