Genetic analysis of β-thalassemia intermedia in Israel: Diversity of mechanisms and unpredictability of phenotype

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-22

  Rund, Deborah ^a   Oron Karni, Varda ^a   Filon, Dvora ^a   Goldfarb, Ada ^a   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer ^a   Oppenheim, Ariella ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Genetic modifiers; Genotype phenotype; Mutations; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031012244     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199701)54:1<16::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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