Role of polymorphic sequences 5′ to the Gγ gene and 5′ to the β gene on the homozygous β thalassemic phenotype

Hemoglobin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-175

  Ferrara, Mara ^a   Matarese, Sofia M R ^a   Francese, Matteo ^a   Borrelli, Barbara ^a   Perrotta, Angelo ^a   Meo, Anna ^b   La Rosa, Maria A ^b   Esposito, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; (AT)9T5 Repeat motif; 158 G Polymorphism; Hb F expression; Homozygous thalassemia (thal)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0043065317     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120023380     Document Type: Article

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