Molecular analysis of α-thalassemia in Nepal: Correlation with malaria endemicity

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 127-132

  Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^b   Shibata, Hiroki ^a   Furuumi, Hiroyasu ^a   Endo, Toshiyasu ^c   Fucharoen, Supan ^d   Hamano, Shinjiro ^e   Acharya, Gopal P ^f   Kawasaki, Terukazu ^a   Fukumaki, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyushu Women's College   (Japan)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Genotype; Globin; Haplotype; Malaria; Mitochondrial DNA; Nepal; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOSS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEPAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0034070162     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050198     Document Type: Article

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