Molecular variants and clinical importance of β-thalassaemia traits found in the state of Orissa, India

Hematology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Nishank, Sudhansu Sekhar ^a   Ranjit, Manoranjan ^a   Kar, Shantanu K ^a   Chhotray, Guru Prasad ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

; Anaemia; Clinical symptoms; Malaria; Mutation; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; PALLOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 71049169582     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/102453309X439845     Document Type: Article

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