Haplotypes linked to three rare β-thalassemia mutations, originally reported in Tunisia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-181

  Bibi, Amina ^a   Messaoud, Taieb ^a   Fattoum, Slaheddine ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); Haplotypes; Tunisian mutations

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TUNISIA;

EID: 33745552510     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260600642427     Document Type: Article

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