Characterization of nondeletion α‐thalassemia mutations in the Greek population

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 162-167

  Traeger‐Synodinos, Joanne ^a   Kanavakis, Emmanuel ^a   Tzetis, Maria ^a   Kattamis, Antonios ^a   Kattamis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

chromosome deletions; polyadenylation signal; globin gene cluster

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; GLOBINS; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027431221     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830440305     Document Type: Article

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