Article
Molecular Understanding of Severe Cases of β-Thalassemia in the Nablus Region, West Bank, Palestine.
Hemoglobin - 1 Mar 2020
Samha Leen, Sirdah Mahmoud M, Reading N Scott, Karmi Bashar, Agarwal Archana M
Abstract excerpt
Hemoglobinopathies are common inherited monogenic diseases that are likely to remain a serious regional health problem where thalassemias and sickle cell disease are prevalent. In regions where recessive alleles for hemoglobinopathy disorders are present with high consanguinity rates, such as in Palestine, coinheritance of two different genetic defects becomes anticipated and prevalent. In this report, we...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Arabs
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
