Hb H disease among Tunisians: Molecular characterization of α-thalassemia determinants and hematological findings

Hemoglobin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Zorai, Amine ^a   Abbes, Salem ^a,b   Préhu, Claude ^c   Omar, Souheil ^b   Gerard, Nathalie ^d   Hafsia, Raouf ^e   Asma, Bouaziz ^f   Guemira, Fethi ^b   Dellagi, Kousay ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e Hopital Aziza Othmana   (Tunisia)

^f Hopital Mohamed Tahar Maamouri   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION; SICILY; TUNISIA;

EID: 0037286336     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120018439     Document Type: Article

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