Prevalence of β-thalassemia and other haemoglobinopathies in six cities in India: A multicentre study

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-42

  Mohanty, D ^a,j   Colah, R B ^a   Gorakshakar, A C ^a   Patel, R Z ^b   Master, D C ^b   Mahanta, J ^c   Sharma, S K ^c   Chaudhari, U ^d   Ghosh, M ^e   Das, S ^f   Britt, R P ^f   Singh, S ^f   Ross, C ^g   Jagannathan, L ^h   Kaul, R ⁱ   Shukla, D K ⁱ   Muthuswamy, V ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b Baroda Medical College   (India)

^c REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology   (India)

^e NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^h Rotary TTK Blood Bank Bangalore Medical Services Trust   (India)

ⁱ INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^j C/o J K Mohanty 'Vigyan Puri' Dolamudai   (India)

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Author keywords

Thalassemia; Caste ethnic goups; India; Multicentre study; Other haemoglobinopathies

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84872371822     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-012-0114-0     Document Type: Article

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