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Molecular epidemiological characterization and health burden of thalassemia in Jiangxi Province, P. R. China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Lin Min, Zhong Tian-Yu, Chen Yi-Guo, Wang Jian-Zhong, Wu Jiao-Ren, Lin Fen, Tong Xin, Yang Hui-Tian, Hu Xiao-Mei, Hu Rong, Zhan Xiao-Fen, Yang Hui, Luo Zhao-Yun, Li Wen-Yu, Yang Li-Ye
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thalassemia is the most common inherited disease in southern China. However, this disorder is usually ignored by Jiangxi provincial health system and government due to lack of epidemiological data. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 9489 samples from Hakka Han and Gan-speaking Han in three geographical areas of Jiangxi Province were analyzed for both complete blood cell (CBC) count and reverse dot blot...
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