Origin of the codon 47 (+A) β-thalassaemia mutation among the Nicobarese of the Andaman and Nicobar islands in India [2]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-346

  Gorakshakar, Ajit C ^a   Das, Manoj K ^b   Phanasgaokar, Supriya P ^a   Nadkarni, Anita H ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Andaman and Nicobar islands; Tribals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD GROUP A; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; START CODON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CODON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 34848848420     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06792.x     Document Type: Letter

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