Protection against malaria morbidity: near-fixation of the alpha-thalassemia gene in a Nepalese population.

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• Publication year

  1991

• Venue

  American Journal of Human Genetics

• Publication date

  1991-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  PMID 1990845PMCID PMC1683029
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