Probable identity by descent and discovery of familial relationships by means of a rare β-thalassemia haplotype

Human Mutation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-87

  Martino, Tina ^a   Kaplan, Feige ^a   Diamond, Stanley ^a   Oppenheim, Ariella ^b   Scriver, Charles R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 0031030140     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:1<86::AID-HUMU20>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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