Hematologic and molecular characterization of a Sicilian cohort of α thalassemia carriers

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-410

  Guida, Valentina ^a   Colosimo, Alessia ^a,b   Fichera, Marco ^c   Lombardo, Turiddu ^d   Rigoli, Luciana ^e   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^a,f  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; globin genes; DHPLC; Non deletional mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; SICILY;

EID: 33645460312     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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