Origin and history of the IVS-I-110 and codon 39 β-thalassemia mutations in the Lebanese population

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 837-847

  Zahed, Laïla ^a   Demont, Jocelyne ^b   Bouhass, Rachid ^c   Trabuchet, Guy ^b   Hänni, Catherine ^b   Zalloua, Pierre ^d   Perrin, Pascale ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c Ctr Anti Cancereux Pediat E A   (Algeria)

^d Chronic Care Center Hazmieh   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

B thalassemia mutations; Lebanon; RFLP haplotype; Sequence haplotype

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEBANON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036998343     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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