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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
Volume 26, 2002 - Issue 2
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BIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF PATIENTS WITH HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES ATTENDING AN URBAN HOSPITAL IN OUAGADOUGOU: CONFIRMATION OF THE MODIFICATION OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN Hb S AND Hb C IN BURKINA FASO

Jacques Simpore Centre Medical Saint Camille, 01 BP 364 Ouagadougou 01, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Salvatore Pignatelli Centre Medical Saint Camille, 01 BP 364 Ouagadougou 01, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Sergio Barlati Cattedra di Biologia e di Genetica, Università di Brescia, Brescia, 25123, Italy
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Salvatore Musumeci Cattedra di Pediatria e Puericultura, Università di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 12, Sassari, 07100, Italy; Institute of Population Genetics, Italian National Research Council, Alghero (SS), Italy
Pages 121-127 | Received 16 Jul 2001, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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