Brief clinical report: Homozygous alpha-thalassemia associated with hypospadias in three survivors

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-227

  Fung, Tak Yuen ^a   Kin, Lau Tze ^a   Kong, Li Chi ^a   Keung, Li Chi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Contiguous genes; Genital anomaly; Homozygosity; Hypospadias

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 16P; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 16; FETUS HYDROPS; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MUTATION; NEWBORN;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 0344492697     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990129)82:3<225::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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