β- and α-globin genotypes in Albanian patients affected β-globin gene disorders

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1002-1003

  De Angioletti, Maria ^a   Lacerra, Giuseppina ^a   Boletini, Enis ^a   Di Noce, Francesca ^a   Musollino, Gennaro ^a   Carestia, Clementina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

globin Albania; thalassemia, HB variants

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALBANIA; ALLELES; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036738111     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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