A study of thalassaemia among blood donors in HUSM

Thalassaemia is a common autosomal recessive disorder and have a high incidence among people of Asian Indian origin, Southeast Asian and Northern Thailand. It is classified into a-thalassaemia and 13-thalassaemia. Thalassaemia is due to quantitative reductions in globin chains synthesis. Thalassaemi...

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Main Author: Adam, Nor Atifah bt. Mohd (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2004.
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