Clinical Expression of a Rare Ãÿ-Globin Gene Mutation CoInherited with Haemoglobin EDisease

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 949-954

  van Solinge, Wouter W ^a   van Wijk, Richard ^a   Kraaijenhagen, Rob J ^a   Lind, Bent ^b   Hart, H ^a  

^a EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYADENYLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030479852     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1996.34.12.949     Document Type: Article

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