Frequency of δ+27-thalassaemia in Sardinians

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-244

  Guiso, L ^a   Frogheri, L ^a   Pistidda, P ^a   Angioni, L ^a   Dore, F ^a   Pardini, S ^a   Longinotti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

39 thal interaction; +27 thal frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030483582     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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