Variable severity of β-thalassemia patients of Eastern India: Effect of α-thalassemia and XmnI polymorphism

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 155-159

  Bandyopadhyay, S ^a   Roychowdhury, K ^a   Chandra, S ^b   Das, M ^b   Dasgupta, U B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Kothari Medical Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern India; Severity; XmnI polymorphism; Thalassemia; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035711107     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-001-8028-x     Document Type: Article

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