Molecular epidemiological characterization and health burden of thalassemia in Jiangxi Province, P. R. China.

Molecular epidemiological characterization and health burden of thalassemia in Jiangxi Province, P. R. China.

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 thre...

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Main Authors: Min Lin, Tian-Yu Zhong, Yi-Guo Chen, Jian-Zhong Wang, Jiao-Ren Wu, Fen Lin, Xin Tong, Hui-Tian Yang, Xiao-Mei Hu, Rong Hu, Xiao-Fen Zhan, Hui Yang, Zhao-Yun Luo, Wen-Yu Li, Li-Ye Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4084819?pdf=render

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