Concurrent Inheritance of Deletional a-thalassaemia in Malays with HbE Trait
Introduction: HbE is the commonest beta haemoglobin (Hb) variant in Southeast Asia. It causes a reduction in synthesis of the beta-globin E chain. Studies indicate HbE coinherited with a-thalassaemia leads to milder clinical phenotype. This study investigates the commitant inheritance of a-thalassae...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/3711/1/The_concurrent_inheritance_of_deletional_alpha-thalassaemia.pdf |