ßS-Haplotypes in sickle cell anemia patients from Salvador, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

ßS-Haplotypes in sickle cell anemia patients from Salvador, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

ßS-Globin haplotypes were studied in 80 (160 ßS chromosomes) sickle cell disease patients from Salvador, Brazil, a city with a large population of African origin resulting from the slave trade from Western Africa, mainly from the Bay of Benin. Hematological and hemoglobin analyses were carried out b...

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Main Authors: M.S. Gonçalves, G.C. Bomfim, E. Maciel, I. Cerqueira, I. Lyra, A. Zanette, G. Bomfim, E.V. Adorno, A.L. Albuquerque, A. Pontes, M.F. Dupuit, G.B. Fernandes, M.G. dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Beta(S)-haplotypes
Fetal hemoglobin
Sickle cell anemia
S hemoglobin
Brazilian population
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