β-Thalassemia and hemoglobin types in Argentina: Determination of most frequent mutations

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-163

  Soria, Néstor W ^a,b   Tulián, Clara L ^b   Plassa, François ^c   Roth, German A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Ctro Medico Bancario de Cordoba   (Argentina)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

globin gene; Thal mutations; thalassemia; framework; hemoglobin S

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ARGENTINA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 0031049680     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199702)54:2<160::AID-AJH11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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