Large-scale population genetic analysis for hemoglobinopathies reveals different mutation spectra in central Greece compared to the rest of the country

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 634-636

  Samara, Maria ^a   Chiotoglou, Ioanna ^a   Kalamaras, Angelos ^a   Likousi, Sophia ^a   Chassanidis, Christos ^a   Vagena, Andromahi ^a   Vagenas, Christos ^b   Eftichiadis, Eftichios ^c   Vamvakopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Patrinos, George P ^d   Kollia, Panagoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Karditsa   (Greece)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DGGE; Globin genes; Hemoglobinopathies; Molecular diagnostics; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBIN GENE; GREECE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MUTATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 34347333367     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20889     Document Type: Article

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