Mild beta-thalassemia intermedia caused by compound heterozygosity for Gγ(Aγδβ) o/β-thalassemia and molecular characterization of the defect in four chinese families

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-175

  Ai, Mary Anne Tan Jin ^a   Yap, Sook Fan ^a   Tan, Kim Lian ^a   Wong, Yean Ching ^a   Wee, Yong Chui ^a   Kok, Juan Loong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Thalassemia intermedia, mild; G (A ) o Deletion

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MOTHER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHINA; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0037972878     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070965     Document Type: Article

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