Hb Sallanches [α104(G11)Cys→Tyr]: A rare α2-globin chain variant found in the homozygous state in three members of a Pakistani family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-35

  Khan, S N ^a   Butt, F I ^b   Riazuddin, S ^a   Galanello, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN SALLANCHES; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CODON; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HOMOZYGOTE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SPLENOMEGALY;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPLENOMEGALY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033621926     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260009002271     Document Type: Article

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