Analysis of β globin mutations in the Indian population: Presence of rare and novel mutations and region-wise heterogeneity

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-337

  Edison, E S ^a   Shaji, R V ^a   Devi, S G ^a   Moses, A ^a   Viswabandhya, A ^a   Mathews, V ^a   George, B ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Chandy, Mammen ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

globin; thalassaemia; Haplotype; India; Mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 40749097760     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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