Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG] and β-globin gene cluster haplotype distribution in Mauritania

Hemoglobin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-315

  Veten, Fatimetou M ^a   Abdelhamid, Isselmou O ^b   Meiloud, Ghlana M ^a   Ghaber, Sidi M ^b   Salem, Mohamed L ^b   Abbes, Salem ^c   Houmeida, Ahmed O ^a  

^a Faculte des Sciences et Techniques   (Mauritania)

^b Centre Hospitalier National   (Mauritania)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

S Haplotypes; Frequency; Hb S; Hemoglobin (Hb); Mauritania; Population

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BENIN; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MAURITANIA; MOOR; NEGRO; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RACE; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

BETA-GLOBINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITANIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 84862907198     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2012.688782     Document Type: Article

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