β-thalassaemia in Germany: Molecular genetics and clinical phenotype in the immigrant and in the non-immigrant populations;β-thalassamie in Deutschland: Molekulargenetik und klinischer phanotyp in der zugewanderten und in der heimischen bevolkerung

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 172-177

  Schwarz, Claudia ^a   Vetter, Barbara ^a   Kohne, Elisabeth ^b   Kulozik, Andreas E ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotype; Phenotype correlation; globin mutations; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030752351     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043946     Document Type: Article

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