Molecular characterization of hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin in the Karen People of Thailand

Hemoglobin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Trachoo, Objoon ^a,b   Sura, Thanyachai ^a,b   Sakuntabhai, Anavaj ^c   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Krudsood, Srivicha ^a   Phimpraphi, Waraphon ^a   Krasaesub, Somporn ^a   Chanjarunee, Suporn ^b   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Globin gene cluster; Deletional thalassemias; Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH); Karen; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN F; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE; THAILAND;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA PRIMERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION; THAILAND;

EID: 0038585085     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120021542     Document Type: Article

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