β-Thalassaemia

Bailliere's Clinical Haematology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-126

  Thein, S L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phenotype genotype correlation; Thalassaemia intermedia; thalassaemia; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0032446434     PISSN: 09503536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3536(98)80071-1     Document Type: Article

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