Genetic studies of fetal hemoglobin in the Arab-Indian haplotype sickle cell-β0 thalassemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 531-532

  Alsultan, Abdulrahman ^a   Ngo, Duyen ^b   Bae, Harold ^c   Sebastiani, Paola ^c   Baldwin, Clinton T ^b   Melista, Efthymia ^b   Suliman, Ahmed M ^d   Albuali, Waleed H ^d   Nasserullah, Zaki ^e   Luo, Hong Yuan ^b   Chui, David H K ^b   Steinberg, Martin H ^b   Al Ali, Amein K ^f  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d King Fahad Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Maternity and Child Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^f IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84878197791     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23434     Document Type: Letter

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