Molecular genetic testing of β-thalassemia patients of Indian origin and a novel 8-bp deletion mutation at Codons 36/37/38/39

Genetic Testing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Gupta, Anju ^a   Hattori, Yukio ^b   Gupta, Usha R ^a   Sarwai, Swati ^a   Nigam, Nitu ^a   Singhal, Pragya ^a   Agarwal, Sarita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0037477701     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065703322146894     Document Type: Article

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