Implications of the genetic epidemiology of globin haplotypes linked to the sickle cell gene in southern Iran

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 719-731

  Rahimi, Zohreh ^a,b   Merat, Ahmad ^c   Gerard, Nathalie ^d   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^d   Nagel, Ronald L ^e  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic epidemiology; Sickle cell disease; Southern Iran; thalassemia; S haplotypes

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ARAB; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; CAUCASIAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARABS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; IRAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 34447132863     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0016     Document Type: Article

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