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A comprehensive review of the prevalence of beta globin gene variations and the co-inheritance of related gene variants in Saudi Arabians with beta-thalassemia

Mousa A. Alaithan, Sayed AbdulAzeez and J. Francis Borgio
Saudi Medical Journal April 2018, 39 (4) 329-335; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.4.21360
Mousa A. Alaithan
From the Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BSc
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Sayed AbdulAzeez
From the Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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J. Francis Borgio
From the Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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vol. 39 no. 4 329-335
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.4.21360
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29619482

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
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  • Published online April 1, 2018.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Mousa A. Alaithan, BSc,
  2. Sayed AbdulAzeez, MSc, PhD and
  3. J. Francis Borgio, MSc, PhD⇑
  1. From the Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. J. Francis Borgio Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultation, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: [email protected]/borgiomicro{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7199-1540
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