Genetic basis of the polymorphisms of the αl domain of spectrin

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Gallagher, Patrick G ^a   Romana, Marc ^a,b   Wong, Clara ^a   Forget, Bernard G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptocytosis; Haplotype; Polymorphism; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BASE SEQUENCE; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0030880816     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199710)56:2<107::AID-AJH6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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