Absence of hemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among the Jarawas, a primitive negretoid tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands [2]

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-30

  Murhekar, Kanchan M ^a   Murhekar, Manoj M ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE ACETATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ANEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; LETTER; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 4444352297     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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