Saudi Arabian Sickle Cell Anemia.: A Molecular Approach

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 565, Issue 1 p. 143-151 Saudi Arabian Sickle Cell Anemiaa A Molecular Approach BARBARA A. MILLER, BARBARA A. MILLER Department of Pediatric Hematoiogy/Oncology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED SALAMEH, MOHAMMED SALAMEH Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 31311.Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED AHMED, MOHAMMED AHMED Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 31311.Search for more papers by this authorNANCY OLIVIERI, NANCY OLIVIERI Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this authorTITUS H. J. HUISMAN, TITUS H. J. HUISMAN Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, 1459 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, Georgia 30912.Search for more papers by this authorSTUART H. ORKIN, STUART H. ORKIN Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID G. NATHAN, DAVID G. NATHAN Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this author BARBARA A. MILLER, BARBARA A. MILLER Department of Pediatric Hematoiogy/Oncology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED SALAMEH, MOHAMMED SALAMEH Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 31311.Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED AHMED, MOHAMMED AHMED Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 31311.Search for more papers by this authorNANCY OLIVIERI, NANCY OLIVIERI Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this authorTITUS H. J. HUISMAN, TITUS H. J. HUISMAN Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, 1459 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, Georgia 30912.Search for more papers by this authorSTUART H. ORKIN, STUART H. ORKIN Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID G. NATHAN, DAVID G. NATHAN Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.Search for more papers by this author First published: July 1989 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb24161.xCitations: 8 a B.A.M. is the recipient of Clinical Investigation Award No. HL01947 from the National Institutes of Health. This work was also supported by grants no. HLB 15157, HLB 3226, and HLB 05168 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. S.H.O. is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 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