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Prevalence and Diversity of Haplotypes of Sickle Cell Disease in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Mar 2020
Al-Ali Amein K, Alsulaiman Ahmed, Alzahrani Alhusain J, Obeid Obeid T, Vatte Chitti Babu, Cyrus Cyril, Alnafie Awatif N, Alali Rudaynah A, Alfarhan Mohammed, Mozeleski Brian, Steinberg Martin H
Abstract excerpt
Hb F modulates sickle cell disease. Five major haplotypes of the β-globin gene cluster are associated with sickle cell disease. In the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the Arab-Indian (AI) is most common. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping (rs3834466, rs28440105, rs10128556, and rs968857) was carried out by nuclease allelic discrimination assay with target-specific forward and reverse primers,...
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