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Incidence of Abnormal Hæmoglobins in Jamaica

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WIDESPREAD studies have been carried out in Africa concerning the incidence of the abnormal hæmoglobins S and C, showing a very different geographical distribution for these two1.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University College of the West Indies, Jamaica

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WENT, L. Incidence of Abnormal Hæmoglobins in Jamaica. Nature 180, 1131–1132 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801131a0

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