Heterogeneity of the εγδδ-thalassaemias: Characterization of three novel English deletions

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 722-729

  Rooks, Helen ^a   Bergounioux, Jean ^a   Game, Laurence ^a   Close, James Paul ^a   Osborne, Cameron ^b   Best, Steve ^a   Senior, Tania ^c   Height, Susan ^c   Thompson, Richard ^a   Hadzic, Nedim ^a   Fraser, Peter ^b   Bolton Maggs, Paula ^d   Thein, Swee Lay ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Deletion; Neonatal haemolytic anaemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN; EPSILON GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; GLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPSILON GAMMA DELTA BETA THALASSEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBIN GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; NEWBORN;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 20044391420     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05368.x     Document Type: Article

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