Identification of α-thalassemia mutations in subjects from Eastern Sicily (Italy) with abnormal hematological indices and normal Hb A2

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 829-831

  Di Bella, Chiara ^a   Salpietro, Carmelo ^a   La Rosa, Mariangela ^a   Cuppari, Caterina ^a   Piraino, Basilia ^a   Cutri, Maria Rosa ^a   Rigoli, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Genotype; Hematological parameters; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; SICILY;

EID: 33750117268     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0165-6     Document Type: Article

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