Spectrum of hemoglobinopathies among the primitive tribes: A multicentric study in India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP562-NP571

  Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Mukherjee, Malay B ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a   Wadia, Mahrukh ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Chottray, Guru Prasad ^b   Jain, Dipty ^c   Italia, Yazdi ^d   Ashokan, Kumar S ^e   Kaul, Rajni ^f   Shukla, Deepak K ^f   Muthuswamy, Vasantha ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Valsad Raktadan Kendra   (India)

^e Nilgiri Adivasi Welfare Association   (India)

^f INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

anemia; hemoglobinopathies; India; primitive tribes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION GROUP;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 84926282760     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513480231     Document Type: Article

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