Article
Molecular defects in beta-thalassaemias in the population of Saudi Arabia.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
el-Hazmi M A, al-Swailem A R, Warsy A S
Abstract excerpt
The beta-thalassaemias are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders caused by mutations in and around the structural gene of the beta-chain of the adult haemoglobin (HbA). Studies at the gene level have identified a large number of beta-thalassaemia gene variations in different populations. T...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- Arabs
- Asia
- Base Sequence
- China
- Consensus Sequence
- Frameshift Mutation
- Hemoglobin A
- Humans
- India
- Middle East
- Mutation
- Point Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Saudi Arabia
- beta-Thalassemia