Sickle cell disease in the kurdish population of northern Iraq

Hemoglobin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Al Allawi, Nasir A S ^a   Jalal, Sana D ^b   Nerwey, Farida F ^a   Al Sayan, Galawezh O O ^c   Al Zebari, Sahima S M ^a   Alshingaly, Awny A ^d   Markous, Raji D ^e   Jubrael, Jaladet M S ^a   Hamamy, Hanan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^c SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^d Azadi Teaching Hospital   (Iraq)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arab Indian haplotype; Benin haplotype; Haplotyping; Hb S thalassemia (Hb S thal); Iraq; Kurds; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CODON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862844776     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2012.692344     Document Type: Article

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