XmnI Gγ-polymorphism in six unrelated Pakistani families with Inv/DelGγ(Aγδβ)° δβ-thalassemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-305

  Ahmed, Suhaib ^a   Anwar, Masood ^b  

^a PNS Shifa ^*  (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Asian Indian Inv Del G (A ) ; Pakistan; XmnI polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; THYMINE; GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XMNI GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 28544445197     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20376     Document Type: Article

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