Incidence of Alpha-Globin Gene Defect in the Lebanese Population: A Pilot Study

Background. It is well established that the Mediterranean and Arab populations are at high risk for thalassemias in general and for alpha-thalassemia in particular. Yet, reports on alpha-thalassemia in Lebanon are still lacking. In this study, we aim at assessing the incidence of alpha-thalassemia i...

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Autores principales: Farra, Chantal, Daher, Rose, Badra, Rebecca, el Rafei, Rym, Bejjany, Rachelle, Charafeddine, Lama, Yunis, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/517679

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/517679

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