Unexpected pattern of β-globin mutations in β-thalassaemia patients from northern Portugal

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-74

  Cabeda, José M ^a   Correia, Cristina ^a   Estevinho, Alexandra ^b   Simôes, Carla ^a   Amorim, Maria Luis ^a,b   Pinho, Luciana ^a,b   Justica, Benvindo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

globin; thalassaemia; Codon 6( A); Mutations; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032891956     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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