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Prevalence of beta-thalassaemia in subcastes of Indian Sindhis: Results from a two-phase survey.
Public health - 1 Mar 2007
Jawahirani A, Mamtani M, Das K, Rughwani V, Kulkarni H
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of beta-thalassaemia in different subcastes of the Indian Sindhi population who, in general, have a high prevalence of this disease. STUDY DESIGN: A two-phase, community-based survey. METHODS: Asymptomatic, Sindhi volunteers from Nagpur, central India, were recruited into the present study over a 7-year period. The first phase included the use of the Naked Eye Single Tube Red...
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