Severe inclusion body β-thalassaemia with haemolysis in a patient double heterozygous for β°-thalassaemia and quadruplicated α-globin gene arrangement of the anti-4.2 type

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1074-1080

  Beris, Ph ^a   Solenthaler, M ^b   Deutsch, S ^b   Darbellay, R ^b   Tobler, A ^b   Bochaton Pialat, M L ^b   Gabbiani, G ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

globin gene quadruplication; mRNA ratio; Globin mRNA quantification; Inclusion body thalassaemia; Thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BETA THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, ALPHA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032989373     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01451.x     Document Type: Review

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