δ-Thalassemic phenotype due to two 'novel' δ-globin gene mutations: CD11[GTC→GGC(A8)-HbA2-Pylos] and CD 85[TTT→TCT(F1)-HbA2-Etolia]

Human Mutation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 344-347

  Drakoulakou, Olga ^a   Papapanagiotou, Elisavet ^a   Loutradi Anagnostou, Afrodite ^a   Papadakis, Manoussos ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Globin gene mutations; Thalassemia; HbA2 Etolia; HbA2 Pylos

Indexed keywords

DELTA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES; GLOBINS; GREECE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030908411     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:4<344::AID-HUMU7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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