β-Globin Gene Cluster Haplotypes in Sickle Cell Patients From Southwest Iran

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-160

  Rahimi, Z ^a   Karimi, M ^a   Haghshenass, M ^a   Merat, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Iran; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0242298665     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10422     Document Type: Article

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