α+-thalassaemia and malarial anaemia

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 479-481

  Danquah, Ina ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA;

EID: 54349123039     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.07.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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