Co-inheritance of α-and β-thalassemia in Khuzestan Province, Iran

Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Rahim, Fakher ^a   Kaikhaei, Bijan ^a   Zandian, Khodamorad ^a   Hoseini, Ashraf ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN H; GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 48449099782     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/102453308X315843     Document Type: Article

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