• Med. J. Aust. · Jan 2002

    Case Reports

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

    • Evelyn K Lavu, Gilchrist Oswyn, and John D Vince.
    • Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko.
    • Med. J. Aust. 2002 Jan 21; 176 (2): 70-1.

    AbstractWe 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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