Red blood cell disorders in recently arrived african immigrants to gran canaria, spain

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-97

  de la Iglesia Iñigo, Silvia ^a   Carranza Rodriguez, Cristina ^b,c   Ropero Gradilla, Paloma ^d   González Fernandez, Fernando Ataulfo ^d   Molero Labarta, Teresa ^a,c   Hemmersbach Miller, Marion ^c   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathy; Immigrant population; Screening; Sickle cell anemia; Sub Saharan; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; NEGRO; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880490376     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs017     Document Type: Article

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