[Rare hemoglobins in Ivory Coast and West Africa].

Article

[Rare hemoglobins in Ivory Coast and West Africa].

Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 2000

Fabritius H, Sangare A, Kple Faget P, Cabannes R

Abstract excerpt

Detection of drepanocytosis, which affects 12 p. 100 of the people living in Ivory Coast, is a part of the routine check up performed in hospitals. In 13 years of screening, electrophoresis has been carried out on about 170,000 samples. This work has led the authors to the typing of a certain num...

Topics

Africa, Western
Blood Protein Electrophoresis
Cote d'Ivoire
Hemoglobins, Abnormal
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Isoelectric Focusing
Mutation

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