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Prevalence of hemoglobinopathies in rural Bengal, India.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2012
Dolai Tuphan Kanti, Dutta Shyamali, Bhattacharyya Maitree, Ghosh Malay Kumar
Abstract excerpt
India is in the thalassemia belt of the world. Both α- and β-thalassemia (α- and β-thal) are found in West Bengal, a state in the eastern part of India. There was no systematic large published study to investigate the prevalence rates of different hemoglobinopathies in West Bengal. This study was conducted in school and college students, newly married couples and pregnant women after proper counseling in the...
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