Chinese in west Malaysia: the geography of beta thalassaemia mutations.

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Chinese in west Malaysia: the geography of beta thalassaemia mutations.

Singapore medical journal - 1 Aug 1990

George-Kodiseri E, Yang K G, Kutlar F, Wilson J B, Kutlar A, Stoming T A, Gonzales-Redondo J M, Huisman T H

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The overseas Chinese in West Malaysia are almost exclusively from the south-eastern provinces of China-Kwangtung, Fukien, and Kwangsi. To institute a comprehensive thalassaemia control programme for this region we have characterised the beta thalassaemia mutations in 16 Chinese patients from West...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
China
Haplotypes
Hemoglobin E
Homozygote
Humans
Immunogenetics
Infant
Malaysia
Mutation
Thalassemia

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