Is the β thalassaemia trait of clinical importance?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-410

  Premawardhena, A ^a   Arambepola, M ^b   Katugaha, N ^b   Weatherall, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Thalassaemia Centre   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Anaemia; Thalassaemia trait

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42049105855     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07071.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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