Coexistence of a novel β-globin gene deletion (codons 81-87) with the codon 30 (G→C) mutation in an Indian patient with β0-thalassemia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-243

  Shaji, Ramachran V ^a   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^b   Chandy, Mammen ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; GLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; SYMPTOM; THALASSEMIA; GENETICS; INFANT; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036400388     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120015027     Document Type: Article

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