Double heterozygosity for the codon β 39 C-to-T nonsense mutation and a triplicate α-globin gene locus can cause 'dominantly' inherited β- thalassemia intermedia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-345

  Rhodes, S L ^a   Plonczynski, M ^a   Harrell, A ^a   Li, J ^a   Safaya, S ^a   Files, J C ^a   Steinberg, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin synthesis; Microcytosis; Polygenic disorders

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CODON; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033505686     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40537-3     Document Type: Article

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