Prevalence of α-thalassemia 3.7 kb deletion in the adult population of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 594-598

  Alcoforado, Gustavo Henrique de Medeiros ^a   Bezerra, Christiane Medeiros ^a   Lemos, Telma Maria Araújo Moura ^a   de Oliveira, Denise Madureira ^b   Kimura, Elza Miyuki ^b   Costa, Fernando Ferreira ^b   de Fátima Sonati, Maria ^b   de Medeiros, Tereza Maria Dantas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

a3.7 kb deletion; Alpha thalassemia; Brazilian population

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84865395986     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000049     Document Type: Article

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