Homozygous sickle cell disease in Uganda and Jamaica a comparison of bantu and benin haplotypes

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ndugwa, C ^a   Higgs, D ^b   Fisher, C ^b   Hambleton, I ^c   Mason, K ^d   Serjeant, B E ^d   Serjeant, G R ^d  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d St Vincent and the Grenadines   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Bantu haplotype; SS disease; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84872554221     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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