Hb Aghia Sophia [α62(E11)Val→0 (α1)], an 'in-frame' deletion causing α-thalassemia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-324

  Traeger Synodinos, J ^a   Harteveld, C L ^b   Kanavakis, E ^a   Giordano, P C ^b   Kattamis, Ch ^a   Bernini, Luigi F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H; VALINE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0032706015     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269909090747     Document Type: Article

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