An interplay of alleviating mutations in the clinical phenotype of β-thalassaemia intermedia

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Nadkarni, A ^a,b   Sakaguchi, T ^b   Gorakshakar, A ^a   Phanasgaonkar, S ^a   Kiyama, R ^b   Colah, Roshan B ^a   Mohanty, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alleviating mutations; India; Thalassaemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; XMN1 GENE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 10844287948     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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