β-globin gene cluster haplotypes and α-thalassemia in sickle cell disease patients from Trinidad

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-344

  Jones Lecointe, Altheia ^a   Smith, Erskine ^a   Romana, Marc ^b   Gilbert, Marie Georges ^a   Charles, Waveney P ^a   Saint Martin, Christian ^c   Kéclard, Lisiane ^b  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Centre Caribéen de la Drépanocytose Guy Mérault   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; BENIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAMEROON; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 43449093480     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20732     Document Type: Article

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