A novel δβ fusion gene expresses hemoglobin A (HbA) not Hb Lepore: Senegalese δ0β+ thalassemia

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1261-1263

  Zertal Zidani, Samia ^a,b   Ducrocq, Rolande ^a,b   Weil Olivier, Catherine ^a,b   Elion, Jacques ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN LEPORE; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0035883048     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.4.1261     Document Type: Article

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