Article
Clinical and molecular aspects of haemoglobinopathies in Tunisia.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2004
Haj Khelil Amel, Laradi Sandrine, Miled Abdelhedi, Omar Tadmouri Ghazi, Ben Chibani Jemni, Perrin Pascale
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: For the last two decades, studies on the population genetics of Tunisians have focused on variations of protein and genetic markers. Results confirmed the genetic heterogeneity of Tunisians caused by the admixtures with migratory human groups arriving mainly from Africa, Europe, and Asia. These studies also allowed the screening of rare mutants and many haemoglobin variants. METHODS: The present study...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Haplotypes
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Tunisia
- beta-Thalassemia
