Haplotype analysis of the Mexican frameshift Cd 11 (-T) and -28 A→C β-thalassemia alleles

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 240-242

  Perea, Francisco J ^a   Esparza, M Amparo ^b   Villalobos Arambula, Alma Rosa ^a   Ibarra, Bertha ^a,d   Old, John M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE OCCIDENTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Globin; Haplotype

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0029867262     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199603)51:3<240::AID-AJH11>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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