A novel deletion causing (εγδβ)° thalassaemia in a Chilean family

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 154-159

  Game, Laurence ^a   Bergounioux, Jean ^a   Close, James Paul ^a   Marzouka, B Esperenza ^b   Thein, Swee Lay ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL LUIS CALVO MACKENNA   (Chile)

Author keywords

( ) thalassaemia deletion; Neonatal anaemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA; THALASSEMIA GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA THALASSEMIA; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPSILON THALASSEMIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INVERTED REPEAT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; CHILE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0141818962     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04564.x     Document Type: Article

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