Prevalence of -α3.7 and ααα anti3.7 alleles in sickle cell trait and β-thalassemia patients in Mexico

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-258

  Nava, María Paulina ^a,b   Ibarra, Bertha ^a,b   Magaña, María Teresa ^a,b   De La Luz Chávez, María ^a   Perea, F Javier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

anti3.7 triplication; Thalassemia; 3.7 deletion; Mexico; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL;

ALLELES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33645308826     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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