Hb H (β4) disease in Çukurova, Southern Turkey

Hemoglobin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-271

  Çürük, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); Hb Adana; Hb H disease; Polyadenylation signal (Poly A)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYADENYLATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TURKEY;

EID: 34248149401     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260701297279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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