Haemoglobin Lleida: A new α2-globin variant (12 bp deletion) with mild thalassaemic phenotype

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 639-644

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hb Lleida; Microcytosis; SSCP; Globin chain; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029757377     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1840.x     Document Type: Article

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