Alpha Thalassaemia: Experience of Referral Cases in Kolkata, India
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Alpha Thalassaemia: Experience of Referral Cases in Kolkata, India
Haemoglobinopathies and different forms of thalassaemias including alpha thalassaemia has been found to be as high as 10% in Eastern India. The alpha globin disorders are less commonly reported because the diagnosis of alpha thalassaemia is usually missed unless in the severe homozygous form or as Hb Barts. But presence of alpha gene has been found in cases of unexplained anaemias and also in s...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Human Genetics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0972-3757
DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2008.11886052