β-Globin gene cluster haplotypes and α-thalassemia in sickle cell disease patients from Trinidad
✍ Scribed by Altheia Jones-Lecointe; Erskine Smith; Marc Romana; Marie-Georges Gilbert; Waveney P. Charles; Christian Saint-Martin; Lisiane Kéclard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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