Does alpha+-thalassaemia protect against malaria?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16646635.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1457007.
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Abstract
Pasvol discusses a new study in <i>PLoS Medicine</i> that shows that α <sup>+</sup>-thalassemia protects against severe but not mild malaria.
Medical subject headings
- Malaria, Falciparum
- alpha-Thalassemia