Origin and expansion of four different beta globin mutations in a single arab village

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 659-661

  Zlotogora, Joël ^a,g   Hujerat, Yasir ^b   Zalman, Luci ^b   Barges, Saleh ^c   Filon, Dori ^d   Koren, Ariel ^b,e   Shalev, Stavit A ^b,e   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Shirutei Briut Sick Fund   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL MUTANT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ARABS; BETA-GLOBULINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CONSANGUINITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MUTATION;

EID: 28044468192     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20429     Document Type: Article

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