Molecular bases of β-thalassemia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2005, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-325

  Al Ali, Amein K ^a   Al Ateeq, Suad ^a   Imamwerdi, Burhan W ^a   Al Sowayan, Saleh ^a   Al Madan, Mohammed ^a   Al Muhanna, Fahad ^a   Bashaweri, Laila ^a   Qaw, Foad ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 31144474498     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/JBB.2005.322     Document Type: Article

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