Nucleotide -88 (C-T) promoter mutation is a common β-thalassemia mutation in the Jat Sikhs of Punjab, India

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 252-256

  Garewal, Gurjeewan ^a   Das, Reena ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasmina ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

thalassemia; 88 (C T); Genotype phenotype; Jat SIKHS; Punjabis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 23244432186     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20445     Document Type: Article

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