Molecular, haematological and clinical studies of the -101 C → T substitution of the β-globin gene promoter in 25 β-thalassaemia intermedia patients and 45 heterozygotes

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 699-706

  Maragoudaki, E ^a   Kanavakis, E ^a   Traeger Synodinos, J ^a   Vretto, C ^a   Tzetis, M ^a   Metaxotou Mavrommati, A ^a   Kattamis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Silent thalassaemia; globin gene promoter mutations; Thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033373391     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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