α-thalassemia, HbS, and β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in two Afro-Uruguayan sub-populations from northern and southern Uruguay

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-600

  da Luz, Julio A ^a   Sans, Mónica ^a   Kimura, Elza Miyuki ^b   Albuquerque, Dulcinéia Martins ^b   Sonati, Maria de Fatima ^b   Costa, Fernando Ferreira ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Afro derived populations; Haplotypes; HbS; Hemoglobinopathies; thalassemias

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URUGUAY;

EID: 33751425739     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572006000400002     Document Type: Article

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