β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in sickle cell patients from Panamá

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-380

  Rusanova, Iryna ^a,b   Cossio, Gladys ^c   Moreno, Bélgica ^c   Javier Perea, F ^d   De Borace, Rosaura G ^e   Perea, Mauricio ^c   Escames, Germaine ^b,f   Acuña Castroviejo, Darío ^b,f  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y Clínicas   (Panama)

^b Centro de Investigacion Biomedica   (Spain)

^c Hospital del Niño   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 79953859114     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21148     Document Type: Article

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