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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Main Authors: Teh, L.K., George, E., Lai, M.I., Ahmad, R., Zakaria, Z., Tan, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/3711/1/The_concurrent_inheritance_of_deletional_alpha-thalassaemia.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/3711/
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