Thalassemia in Sri Lanka: A progress report

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue REV. ISS. 2, 2004, Pages

  Premawardhena, Anuja ^a   de Silva, Shanthimala ^b   Arambepola, Mahinda ^c   Olivieri, Nancy ^d   Merson, Laura ^d   Muraco, Julia ^d   Allen, Angela ^e   Fisher, Christopher ^e   Peto, Timothy ^e   Vichinsky, Elliot ^f   Weatherall, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LADY RIDGEWAY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Sri Lanka)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADAPTATION; ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SRI LANKA;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 5444264386     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh250     Document Type: Review

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