Factors regulating Hb F synthesis in thalassemic diseases

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Mastropietro, Fabrizio ^a   Modiano, Guido ^b   Cappabianca, Maria Pia ^a   Foglietta, Enrica ^a   D'Asero, Carmelo ^c   Mezzabotta, Mauro ^a   Ponzini, Donatella ^a   Maffei, Laura ^a   Amato, Antonio ^a   Lerone, Maria ^a   Grisanti, Paola ^a   Di Biagio, Paola ^a   Rinaldi, Silvana ^a   Bianco, Ida ^a  

^a Assoc Naz Lotta Contro M   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; IRON; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0038321050     PISSN: 14712326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-2-2     Document Type: Article

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