Prevalence of hemoglobinopathy disorders in adult patients sent for diagnosis of anemia in Saudi Arabia

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-29

  Alsaeed, Abbas H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84856299229     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0087     Document Type: Article

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