Beta-thalassaemia intermedia: Is it possible consistently to predict phenotype from genotype?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-78

  Ho, P J ^a   Hall, G W ^a,b   Luo, L Y ^a   Weatherall, D J ^a   Thein, S L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype; Phenotype; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031972656     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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