Molecular basis and hematologic characterization of δβ- thalassemia and hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin in Thailand

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 777-781

  Panyasai, Sitthichai ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Surapot, Satja ^b   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Deletion inversion; HPFH 6; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 3242774617     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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