Geographic and ethnic distribution of β-thalassemia mutations in Uttar Pradesh, India

Hemoglobin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Agarwal, Sarita ^a   Pradhan, M ^a   Gupta, U R ^a   Sarwai, S ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0034123188     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260009003427     Document Type: Article

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