Browsing Biological Sciences by Author "Wagner, Sandrine Comparsi"

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    • Prevalence of common α-thalassemia determinants in south Brazil : importance for the diagnosis of microcytic anemia 

      Wagner, Sandrine Comparsi; Castro, Simone Martins de; Gonzalez, Tatiana Pereira; Santin, Ana Paula; Filippon, Letícia; Zaleski, Carina da Fontoura; Azevedo, Laura Alencastro de; Amorin, Bruna; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Hutz, Mara Helena (2010) [Journal article]
      Alpha thalassemia has not been systematically investigated in Brazil. In this study, 493 unrelated individuals from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul were screened for deletional forms of -thalassemia. ...

    • The effects of old and recent migration waves in the distribution of HBB*S globin gene haplotypes 

      Lindenau, Juliana Dal-Ri; Wagner, Sandrine Comparsi; Castro, Simone Martins de; Hutz, Mara Helena (2016) [Journal article]
      Sickle cell hemoglobin is the result of a mutation at the sixth amino acid position of the beta () globin chain. The HBB*S gene is in linkage disequilibrium with five main haplotypes in the -globin-like gene cluster named ...