β-Globin gene cluster polymorphisms are strongly associated with severity of HbE/β0-thalassemia

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 497-505

  Ma, Q ^a   Abel, K ^b   Sripichai, O ^c,d   Whitacre, J ^b   Angkachatchai, V ^b   Makarasara, W ^c   Winichagoon, P ^c   Fucharoen, S ^c   Braun, A ^b,f   Farrer, Lindsay A ^a,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEQUENOM INC   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Dx Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

globin gene cluster; Association; HbE b0 thalassemia; SNP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THAILAND;

EID: 36248989152     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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