A novel 105 basepair deletion causing β0-thalassemia in members of a Thai family

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Nopparatana, Chamnong ^a,c   Saechan, Vannarat ^a   Nopparatana, Chawadee ^a   Pornpatkul, Malida ^a   Panich, Vicharn ^a   Fukumaki, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Deletional mutation; Thai family

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA CAPPING; THAILAND; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; DNA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; EXONS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; THAILAND;

EID: 0032890917     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199905)61:1<1::AID-AJH1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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