Sickle-cell/β+-thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean:: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea

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Lavu, EK
Oswyn, G
Vince, JD
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[1] Univ Papua New Guinea, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Div Med Lab Sci, Boroko, Papua N Guinea
[2] Univ Papua New Guinea, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Div Clin Sci, Boroko, Papua N Guinea
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10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04288.x
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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We document the first case of the sickle-cell gene - Hb-S gene importation leading to Hb-S/beta-thalassaemia double heterozygosity - in the apparently previously Hb-S gene-free setting of Papua New Guinea.
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