Article
Hemoglobin variants in North Africa.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 1994
Chami B, Blouquit Y, Bardakdjian-Michau J, Riou J, Wajcman H, Rosa J, Galactéros F
Abstract excerpt
The populations of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia are composed of different ethnic groups including Arabs, Berbers, Sub-Saharan Africans, Europeans, and Turks. Between 1981 and 1991, we studied more than 3,000 individuals from these North African countries. One-hundred and eighty-one carried one (...
Topics
- Algeria
- Blood Protein Electrophoresis
- Ethnicity
- Europe
- France
- Gene Frequency
- Globins
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- History, 19th Century
- History, Ancient
- History, Medieval
- Humans
- Mass Screening
- Morocco
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Tunisia