Haplotype analysis of beta thalassemia patients in Western Iran

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-143

  Rahimi, Zohreh ^a,b,c   Muniz, Adriana ^d   Akramipour, Reza ^b   Tofieghzadeh, Fareidon ^b   Mozafari, Hadi ^a   Vaisi Raygani, Asad ^b   Parsian, Abbas ^e  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Haplotype; Mutation; Western Iran; XmnI site

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA GLOBIN; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 59349085728     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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