Molecular studies on Yemeni Sickle-Cell-Disease patients: Xmn I polymorphism

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1183-1187

  El Hazmi, M A F ^a   Warsy, A S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XMNI; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN S; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YEMEN;

EID: 0033232177     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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