Hemoglobinopathy: molecular epidemiological characteristics and health effects on Hakka people in the Meizhou region, southern China.

BACKGROUND: Hemoglobinopathies are the most common inherited diseases in southern China. However, there have been only a few epidemiological studies of hemoglobinopathies in Guangdong province. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Peripheral blood samples were collected from 15299 "healthy" unrelated su...

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Main Authors: Min Lin, Ying-Fang Wen, Jiao-Ren Wu, Qian Wang, Lei Zheng, Gui-Rong Liu, Yue Huang, Hui Yang, Fen Lin, Xiao-Fen Zhan, Chun-Ping Lin, Hui-Tian Yang, Qiu-Qing Weng, Fen-Ting Huang, Yuan Wang, Mei-Qiong Yao, Hui-Zhou Chen, Di-Hong Wu, Jing-Bo Zeng, Ri-Xin Zeng, Hua Yang, Gui-Cai Li, Min Lu, Juan-Juan Zhu, Long-Xu Xie, Jun-Li Wang, Li-Ye Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3562339?pdf=render