Burkitt’s lymphoma patients in northwest Cameroon have a lower incidence of sickle cell trait (Hb AS) than healthy controls

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 686-

  Hesseling, P B ^a   Jam, D T ^b   Palmer, D D ^b   Wharin, P ^c   Tuh, G S ^b   Bardin, R ^b   Kidd, M ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Mbingo Baptist Hospital Mbingo   (Cameroon)

^c Beryll Thyer Memorial Africa Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 84976518176     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i7.10693     Document Type: Article

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