Molecular basis of β-thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates

Hemoglobin

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 581-588

  Baysal, Erol ^a  

^a DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal) mutations; Consanguinity; Hemoglobinopathies; United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE SPECIFIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA GLOBIN; HAPTOGLOBIN O; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMPLIFICATION REFRACTORY MUTATION SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BETA STRIP HYBRIDIZATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GAP POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION RATE; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 81055147543     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2011.634706     Document Type: Article

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