Clinical and molecular aspects of haemoglobinopathies in Tunisia

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 127-137

  Khelil, Amel Haj ^a   Laradi, Sandrine ^a,b   Miled, Abdelhedi ^b   Tadmouri, Ghazi Omar ^c   Chibani, Jemni Ben ^a   Perrin, Pascale ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Haplotypes; Prenatal diagnosis; Sickle cell disease; Thalassaemias

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMPLIFICATION REFRACTORY MUTATION SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 0842281427     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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