Fetal hemoglobin expression in the compound heterozygous state for -117 (G → A) (A)γ HPFH and IVSII-745 (C → G) β+ thalassemia: A case study

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-143

  Dedoussis, George V Z ^a   Sinopoulou, Klio ^a   Gyparaki, Marilena ^a   Loutradis, Aphroditi ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beta globin mutation; Haplotype; Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH); Thalassemia; Xmn I

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RNA CAPS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0032978089     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199906)61:2<139::AID-AJH12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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