HbF production in β thalassaemia heterozygotes for the IVS-II-1 G→A β0-globin mutation. Implication of the haplotype and the (G)γ-158 C→T mutation on the HbF level

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-155

  Dedoussis, George V Z ^a   Mandilara, Georgia D ^a   Boussiu, Marina ^a   Loutradis, Aphrodite ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

globin; Haplotype; HbF; Thalassaemia; XmnI

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0034051334     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200007)64:3<151::AID-AJH2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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