α-Globin genes: Thalassemic and structural alterations in a Brazilian population

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1041-1045

  Wenning, M R S C ^a   Kimura, E M ^a   Costa, F F ^a   Saad, S T O ^a   Gervasio S ^a   De Jorge, S B ^a   Borges, E ^a   Silva, N M ^a   Sonati, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hb h disease; Hemoglobin h; Hemoglobin variants; Hemoglobinopathies; globin genes; globin structural variants; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034266032     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000900008     Document Type: Article

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