Level of hemoglobin F and Gγ gene expression in sickle cell disease and their association with haplotype and XmnI polymorphic site in south of Iran

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 234-239

  Rahimi, Zohreh ^a,b   Vaisi Raygani, A ^a   Merat, A ^c   Haghshenass, M ^d   Rezaei, M ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gamma chain; Haplotype; Hemoglobin F; Hemoglobinopathy; Sickle cell disease; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BENIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENATURATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 39449137799     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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