A Moderately Severe α-Thalassemia Condition Resulting from a Combination of the α2 Polyadenylation Signal (AATAAA→AATA- -) Mutation and a 3.7 Kb α Gene Deletion in an Australian Family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Prior, John F ^a   Lim, Erna ^a   Lingam, Neela ^a   Raven, John L ^a   Finlayson, Jill ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 Polyadenylation signal (poly A); 3.7 kb a Gene deletion; DNA sequencing; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for common globin gene deletions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; POLYADENYLATION; SIBLING;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 34248188071     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260701288997     Document Type: Article

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