Phenotypes of individuals with a β thal classical allele associated either with a β thal silent allele or with α globin gene triplication

Haematologica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-525

  Bianco, Ida ^a,c   Lerone, Maria ^a   Foglietta, Enrica ^a   Deidda, Giancarlo ^b   Cappabianca, Maria Pia ^a   Morlupi, Luigi ^a   Ponzini, Donatella ^a   Grisanti, Paola ^a   Di Biagio, Paola ^a   Amato, Antonio ^a   Mezzabotta, Mauro ^a   Graziani, Bruno ^a  

^a Assoc Naz Lotta Contro M   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Associazione Nazionale Per La Loua Contro Le Microcitemie In Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

; thal; Silent; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031438715     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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