β-globin gene cluster haplotypes associated with β-thalassemia on Corsica island

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Falchi, Alessandra ^a,b   Giovannoni, Laurianne ^a   Vacca, Lucia ^b   Latini, Veronica ^b   Vona, Giuseppe ^b   Varesi, Laurent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Faculty of Science   (France)

Author keywords

Corsica; Haplotypes; Mediterranean populations; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON, NONSENSE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; ITALY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

EID: 11144339386     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20199     Document Type: Article

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