Analysis of δ-globin gene alleles in the Sicilian population: Identification of five new mutations

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1681-1684

  Giambona, Antonino ^a,c   Passarello, Cristina ^a   Ruggeri, Gaetano ^b   Renda, Disma ^a   Teresi, Pietro ^b   Anzà, Maurizio ^b   Maggio, Aurelio ^a  

^a Ospedale Vincenzo   (Italy)

^b Centro di Riferimento Aziendale per la Prevenzione delle Talassemie   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Vincenzo Cervello   (Italy)

Author keywords

globin gene variant; thalassemia; HBD gene GAP PCR; Mutation detection

Indexed keywords

DELTA GLOBIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; THALASSEMIA;

ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SICILY;

EID: 33845924722     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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