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Hemoglobinopathies in Southeast Asia: Molecular Biology and Clinical Medicine
1 Jan 1997
Abstract excerpt
Thalassemia (thal) and hemoglobinopathies are widespread, recessive inherited diseases. Approximately 250 million people (4.5% of the world population) carry abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) genes. Southeast Asia consists of 10 countries, i.e. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a total population of more than 400 million. In most of these...
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