Hemoglobinopathies in Tunisia. An updated review of the epidemiological and molecular data;Les hemoglobinopathies en Tunisie. Revue actualisée des données épidémiologiques et moléculaires

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 687-696

  Fattoum, Slaheddine ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hemoglobinopathies; Mutations; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL; TUNISIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

EID: 33846139589     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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