Prevalence of hemoglobinopathies in rural Bengal, India

Hemoglobin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Dolai, Tuphan Kanti ^a   Dutta, Shyamali ^a   Bhattacharyya, Maitree ^a   Ghosh, Malay Kumar ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal) trait; Hb E trait; Hemoglobinopathy; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN J; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855656276     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2011.621007     Document Type: Article

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