Sickle cell haemoglobin, thalassaemia and g-6-PD enzyme deficiency genes in garasiya tribe inhabited malaria endemic areas of Sirohi district, Rajasthan (India)

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Choubisa, S L ^a  

^a Government Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; G 6 PD deficiency; Garasiya tribe; Malaria; Mutant genes; Sickle cell haemoglobin (Hb S)

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DNA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES; GENETIC TESTING; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 69149095740     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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