β-Thalassemia and β(A) globin gene haplotypes in Mexican mestizos

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-500

  Villalobos Arámbula, Alma R ^a   Bustos, Rocío ^a   Casas Castañeda, Maricela ^a   Gutiérrez, Esperanza ^a   Perea, Francisco J ^b   Thein, Swee L ^c   Ibarra, Bertha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; MUTATION;

EID: 1842296320     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050395     Document Type: Article

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