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-thalass...
Main Authors: | Teh, Lai Kuan, George, Elizabeth, Lai, Mei I., Ahmad, Rahimah, Zakaria, Zubaidah, Tan, Mary Anne Jin Ai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2009
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7629/1/Concurrent%20inheritance%20of%20deletional%20a-thalassaemia%20in%20Malays%20with%20HbE%20trait.pdf |
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