Molecular pathogenesis and clinical variability of β-thalassemia syndromes among indians

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Nadkarni, Anita ^a   Gorakshakar, A C ^a   Lu, C Y ^b   Krishnamoorthy, R ^b   Ghosh, K ^a   Colah, Roshan ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical diversity; Genetic modifiers; Indians; thalassemla; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034846045     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.1156     Document Type: Article

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