Prevalence of the sickle cell gene in Yemen: A pilot study

Hemoglobin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Al Nood, Hafiz ^a   Al Ismail, Saad ^a   King, Lawrence ^b   May, Alison ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemoglobinopathies; Sickle cell; Yemen

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN GENE XMNI; HEMOGLOBIN FAS; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEASHORE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; YEMEN;

GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; YEMEN;

EID: 9644273807     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-200037708     Document Type: Article

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