Fetal haemoglobin and β-globin gene cluster haplotypes among sickle cell patients in Chhattisgarh

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-272

  Bhagat, Sanjana ^a   Patra, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Thakur, Amar Singh ^b  

^a PT J N M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Govt Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

globin gene cluster haplotype; Foetal haemoglobin; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BENIN; BETA GLOBIN GENE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN GENE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 84873670274     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4381.2744     Document Type: Article

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