Identification of Gaucher disease mutations found in Saudi Arabia

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-201

  Kaya, Namik ^a   Al Zahrani, Fatima ^a   Al Odaib, Ali ^a   Rahbeeni, Zuhair ^a   Al Hassnan, Zuhair ^a   Al Sharif, Fahad ^a   Ozand, Pinar ^b   Al Sayed, Moeenaldeen ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Pakize Tarzi Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE; ENZYME; IMIGLUCERASE;

ALLELE; ANEMIA; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEART VALVE CALCIFICATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 48749092058     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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