Molecular identification of Sicilian (δβ)°-thalassemia associated with β-thalassemia and hemoglobin S in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 873-876

  de Andrade, T G ^a   Fattori, A ^a   Saad, S T O ^a   Sonati, M F ^a   Costa, F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Globin genes; Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin; Sicilian thalassemia; Sickle cell; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADULT; ALLELE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0036704017     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2002000800003     Document Type: Review

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