α-Thalassaemia

Bailliere's Clinical Haematology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-90

  Bernini, L E ^a   Harteveld, C L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin variants; Haemoglobinopathies; globin; thalassaemia; thalassaemia deletions; thalassaemia point mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H; MESSENGER RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CROSSING OVER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; MEIOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032433122     PISSN: 09503536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80070-X     Document Type: Article

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