High prevalence of hemoglobin disorders and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in the Republic of Guinea (West Africa)

Hemoglobin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-37

  Millimono, Tamba S ^a   Loua, Kovana M ^b   Rath, Silvia L ^b   Relvas, Luis ^c   Bento, Celeste ^c   Diakite, Mandiou ^a   Jarvis, Martin ^d   Daries, Nathalie ^f   Ribeiro, Leticia M ^c   Manco, Licnio ^c,e   Kaeda, Jaspal S ^g  

^a Department of Haematology   (Guinea)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Guinea)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f Organisation Non Gouvernementale Solthis ^*  (Guinea)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Ferroportin Q248H mutation and epidemiology; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD); Hb A2; Hemoglobin (Hb) variants; Republic of Guinea

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CODON; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GUINEA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-GLOBINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GUINEA; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855679903     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2011.600491     Document Type: Article

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