Common α-thalassemia deletions in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in the Southeast Asia Region of Myanmar

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-142

  Ne Win, ^a   Harano, Keiko ^b   Harano, Teruo ^b,g   Thein Thein Myint, ^c   Rai Mra, ^d   Aye Aye Myint, ^e   Shimono, Kunio ^f   Okada, Shigeru ^g  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Yangon Children's Hospital   (Myanmar)

^d Yangon General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^e Clinical Pathology Department   (Myanmar)

^f Shimono Naika Geka Clinic   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Clinical and racial heterogeneity; Hb H disease; Myanmar; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CODON; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33748588433     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.06017     Document Type: Article

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