Sickle Cell Disease: Thoughts for India From the Jamaican Cohort Study
The sickle cell gene in India represents a separate occurrence of the HbS mutation (the Asian haplotype), which has occurred against a genetic background characterised by high levels of fetal haemoglobin and widely varying frequencies of alpha thalassaemia. These features, which tend to inhibit sick...
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Main Author: | Graham R. Serjeant |
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Language: | EN |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/6b86d2e6106e4c169c426a2a1d638bb2 |
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