Discrimination indices as screening tests for β-thalassemic trait
✍ Scribed by George Ntaios; Anastasia Chatzinikolaou; Zoi Saouli; Fotios Girtovitis; Maria Tsapanidou; Georgia Kaiafa; Zisis Kontoninas; Androula Nikolaidou; Christos Savopoulos; Ifigenia Pidonia; Stiliani Alexiou-Daniel
- Book ID
- 105988950
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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