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Detection of α-thalassemia-1 (Southeast Asian type) and its application for prenatal diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Pranee Winichagoon; Suthat Fucharoen; Sujin Kanokpongsakdi; Yazuyuki Fukumaki

Book ID
115091681
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
360 KB
Volume
47
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-9163

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