A novel εγδβ thalassemia of 1.4 Mb deletion found in a Japanese patient

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-86

  Furuya, Chiemi ^a   Yamashiro, Yasuhiro ^a   Hattori, Yukio ^a   Hino, Minako ^a   Nishioka, Hiroko ^a   Shimizu, Yoshihisa ^a   Okano, Kozue ^a   Horibe, Keizou ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THALASSEMIA MINOR; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THALASSEMIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 38349016833     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21040     Document Type: Article

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