The molecular basis for the thalassaemias in Sri Lanka

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 662-671

  Fisher, Christopher A ^a   Premawardhena, Anuja ^a,g   De Silva, Shanthimala ^b   Perera, Giathra ^c   Rajapaksa, Shabna ^d   Olivieri, Nancy A ^e   Old, John M ^a   Weatherall, David J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; thalassaemia; Mutations; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0038392511     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04346.x     Document Type: Article

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