Molecular basis and prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassemia among Balouch population in Iran

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 788-791

  Miri Moghaddam, E ^a   Zadeh Vakili, A ^b   Rouhani, Z ^a   Naderi, M ^a   Eshghi, P ^c   Khazaei Feizabad, A ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Balouch population; Iran; Mutation; PND; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CODON; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CONSANGUINITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960564589     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2767     Document Type: Article

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