Screening for the beta-thalassaemia trait: Hazards among populations of West African Ancestry

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Gibson, Felicea ^a   Mason, Karlene ^a   Serjeant, Beryl ^a   Kulozik, Andreas ^b   Happich, Margit ^b   Tolle, Gabriele ^b   Hambleton, Ian ^c   Serjeant, Graham ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b Department of Pediatric Oncology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Beta thalassaemia trait; Discriminant indices; Population screening; West African ancestry

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; WEST AFRICAN;

EID: 84863085990     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-011-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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