Nondeletional α-thalassemia: First description of α(Hph)α and α(Nco)α mutations in a Spanish population

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-149

  Ayala, S ^a   Colomer, D ^a   Aymerich, M ^a   Pujades, A ^a   Vives Corrons, J L I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Nondeletional mutations; PCR; Restriction enzyme analysis; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0029682034     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199607)52:3<144::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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