Effect of α-thalassemia on sickle-cell anemia linked to he Arab-Indian haplotype in India

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-109

  Mukherjee, Malay B ^a   Lu, Chang Yong ^b   Ducrocq, Rolande ^b   Gangakhedkar, Raman R ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a   Kadam, Megha D ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Nagel, Ronald L ^c   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistatic effects; Fetal hemoglobin; Genetic factors; Sickle cell disease; Tribals

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 1842377434     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199706)55:2<104::AID-AJH9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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