Hb Lepore-Baltimore (δ(68Leu)-β(84Thr)) and Hb Lepore-Washington-Boston (δ(87Gln)-β(IVS-II-8)) in Central Portugal and Spanish Alta Extremadura

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 669-673

  Ribeiro, M L ^a   Cunha, E ^a   Goncalves P ^a   Martin Nunez G ^b   Fernandez Galan, M A ^b   Tamagnini, G P ^a   Smetanina, N S ^c   Gu, L H ^c   Huisman, T H J ^c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DEL PUERTO   (Spain)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CROSSING OVER; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SPAIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030896662     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050426     Document Type: Article

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