Appraisal of sickle-cell and thalassaemia genes in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1147-1153

  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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033232193     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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