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β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in sickle cell patients from Panamá.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Rusanova Iryna, Cossio Gladys, Moreno Bélgica, Javier Perea F, De Borace Rosaura G, Perea Mauricio, Escames Germaine, Acuña-Castroviejo Darío
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency of the haplotypes of β-globin gene cluster in randomly selected patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), attended in the Children's Hospital of Panama. METHODS: Five polymorphic sites in the β-globin gene cluster were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by restriction digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis in a total of 100 patients, including 95 homozygous...
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