Molecular characterization of thalassemia intermedia in Indians

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1279-1280

  Panigrahi, Inusha ^a,c   Agarwal, Sarita ^b   Pradhan, Mandakini ^b   Choudhry, Dharma R ^a   Choudhry, Ved P ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

anti 3.7 triplication; gene deletions; Jaundice; Molecular analysis; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33748786238     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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