Is it dominantly inherited β thalassaemia or just a β-chain variant that is highly unstable?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-21

  Thein, Swee Lay ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Highly unstable globin chain variants

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032709384     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01492.x     Document Type: Review

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