Aγ-haplotypes: A new group of genetic markers for thalassemic mutations inside the 5′ regulatory region of the human Aγ-globin gene

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Patrinos, George P ^a,c   Kollia, Panagoula ^b   Papapanagiotou, Elisavet ^a   Loutradi Anagnostou, Aphrodite ^a   Loukopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Papadakis, Manoussos N ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

globin genes; DGGE; Haplotypes; Mutations; Polymorphisms; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; THALASSEMIA;

GLOBIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GLOBINS; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0034746402     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200102)66:2<99::AID-AJH1024>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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