The inherited disorders of haemoglobin: An increasingly neglected global health burden

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Weatherall, David ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Inherited disorders; Phenotypic diversity; Sickle cell anaemia; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; HYDROXYUREA;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; FUTUROLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BART HYDROPS; HEMOGLOBIN E THALASSEMIA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INHERITED DISEASE OF HAEMOGLOBIN; INHERITED DISEASE OF HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80455132488     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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