Thalassemia as a global health problem: Recent progress toward its control in the developing countries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1202, Issue , 2010, Pages 17-23

  Weatherall, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; genetic modifiers; malaria; management; population control; prevention; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFERASIROX; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; BANGLADESH; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; MIDDLE EAST; MYANMAR; PAKISTAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHILIPPINES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955899256     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05546.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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