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Sickle cell disease in the Kurdish population of northern Iraq.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2012
Al-Allawi Nasir A S, Jalal Sana D, Nerwey Farida F, Al-Sayan Galawezh O O, Al-Zebari Sahima S M, Alshingaly Awny A, Markous Raji D, Jubrael Jaladet M S, Hamamy Hanan
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have revealed that sickle cell disease patients are clustered in two geographical areas in Iraq, one among the Arabs in the extreme south, another among the Kurdish population in the extreme north, where they constitute major health problems. However, no studies have focused on the genotypes responsible for sickle cell disease or the β-globin gene haplotypes associated with it. For the...
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