Beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes in Yemeni children with sickle cell disease

Acta Haematol. 2010;123(3):182-5. doi: 10.1159/000294965. Epub 2010 Mar 11.

Authors

Abdul-Wahab M Al-Saqladi¹, Bernard J Brabin, Hassan A Bin-Gadeem, Warsha A Kanhai, Marion Phylipsen, Cornelis L Harteveld

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Aden University, Aden, Yemen.

PMID: 20224271
DOI: 10.1159/000294965

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood
Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics*
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA Mutational Analysis
Female
Fetal Hemoglobin / analysis
Haplotypes*
Humans
Male
Multigene Family*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Severity of Illness Index
Yemen
beta-Globins / genetics*

Substances

beta-Globins
Fetal Hemoglobin