Genotypic heterogeneity and correlation to intergenic haplotype within high HbF β-thalassemia intermedia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-330

  Papachatzopoulou, Adamantia ^a   Kourakli, Alexandra ^b   Makropoulou, Panagiota ^a   Kakagianne, Theodora ^b   Sgourou, Argyro ^a   Papadakis, Manousos ^c   Athanassiadou, Aglaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

thalassemia intermedia; Haplotypes; High HbF; Intergenic transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSMIA INTERMEDIA; BURST FORMING UNIT E; CIS ISOMER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644835380     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2005.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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