Prevalence of abnormal hemoglobins among students in Bahrain: A ten-year study

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Al Arrayed, Shaikha Salim ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GROUPS BY AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 79952301474     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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