Co-inheritance of α- and β-thalassaemia in mice ameliorates thalassaemic phenotype

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Voon, Hsiao Phin Joanna ^a   Wardan, Hady ^a   Vadolas, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

and thalassaemia; Blood; Co inheritance; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HETEROZYGOSITY; INHERITANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SYMPTOM; WILD TYPE;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 34547210176     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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