A complex haemoglobinopathy diagnosis in a family with both β°- and α(°/+)-thalassaemia homozygosity

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-168

  Giordano, P C ^a,d   Harteveld, C L ^a   Bok, L A ^b   Van Delft, P ^a   Batelaan, D ^a   Beemer, F A ^c   Bernini, L F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderzee Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical Genetics Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Globin chains synthesis; thalassaemia; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0033064467     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200281     Document Type: Article

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