Concurrent inheritance of deletional α-thalassaemia in Malays with HbE trait

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Teh, L K ^a   George, E ^a   Lai, M I ^a   Rahimah, A ^b   Zubaidah, Z ^b   Jama, Tan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Concurrent inheritance; HbE trait; Malays

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349257839     PISSN: 16758544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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