The β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in sickle cell anemia patients from Northeast Brazil: A clinical and molecular view

Hemoglobin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-271

  Adorno, Elisângela Vitória ^a,b   Zanette, Ângela ^c   Lyra, Isa ^c   Cajado Souza, Cyntia ^a   Ferraz Santos, Leandro ^a,b   Figueiredo Menezes, Joelma ^a   Dupuit, Marie France ^b   Tavares Almeida, Mari Ney ^b   Galvão Reis, Mitermayer ^a   Souza Gonçalves, Marilda ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Fund Hematol Hemoterapia da Bahia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Globin haplotypes; Northeast Brazil; Sickle cell anemia; Slave trade

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 4544290122     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120040310     Document Type: Article

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