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Inherited hemoglobin disorders in Andhra Pradesh, India: a population study.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2009
Munshi Anjana, Anandraj M P J S, Joseph James, Shafi Gowhar, Anila A N, Jyothy A
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BACKGROUND: The hemoglobinopathies are a very heterogeneous group of congenital hemolytic anemias. They include thalassemias, hemoglobin variants and hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin. Beta-thalassemia is the most common monogenic disorder in India. Molecular characterization of this disease has revealed an extremely heterogeneous picture. METHODS: 1592 blood samples from suspected cases were studied...
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