Quintuple α-globin gene: A novel allele in a sudanese man

Hemoglobin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Cook, Rachel J ^a   Hoyer, James D ^a   Highsmith, W Edward ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin; Thalassemia ( thal); Duplication; Microcytosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; SUDAN;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; SUDAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645070789     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260500454436     Document Type: Article

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