Genetic heterogeneity of beta thalassemia in Lebanon reflects historic and recent population migration

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-66

  Makhoul, N J ^a   Wells, R S ^b   Kaspar, H ^a,c   Shbaklo, H ^c   Taher, A ^a   Chakar, N ^a   Zalloua, Pierre A ^a,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Chronic Care Center Hazmieh   (Lebanon)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CYTOSINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEBANON; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 13444267903     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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