Prevalence of classic erythrocyte polymorphisms among 749 children in southern highland Rwanda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-65

  Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^a   Musemakweri, André ^a   Harms, Gundel ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Rwanda; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 83155181479     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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