Spectrum of beta-thalassaemia mutations in the population of Saudi Arabia.

doi:10.1159/000154294

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Spectrum of beta-thalassaemia mutations in the population of Saudi Arabia.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Hasounah F H, Sejeny S A, Omer J A, Old J M, Oliver R W

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A study of beta-thalassaemia alleles in 29 beta-thalassaemia homozygotes and HbS/beta-thalassaemia patients from western Saudi Arabia using the allele-specific priming technique of the polymerase chain reaction revealed a total of five mutations. The spectrum of mutations found in the western reg...

Topics

Gene Frequency
Genetic Carrier Screening
Hemoglobin, Sickle
Homozygote
Humans
Mutation
Saudi Arabia
beta-Thalassemia

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