The scope of clinical morbidity in sickle cell trait
Sickle cell trait (SCT), the heterozygous state of the sickle hemoglobin beta globin gene (HbAS) is carried by as many as 100 million individuals including up to 25% of the population in some regions of the World. Sickle cell trait is the best-characterized genetic polymorphism known to protect agai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863014000949 |