Beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes in yemeni children with sickle cell disease

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-185

  Al Saqladi, Abdul Wahab M ^a,b   Brabin, Bernard J ^b,c,d   Bin Gadeem, Hassan A ^a   Kanhai, Warsha A ^e   Phylipsen, Marion ^e   Harteveld, Cornelis L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEADY STATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-GLOBINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YEMEN;

EID: 77950530538     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000294965     Document Type: Article

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