The molecular heterogeneity of β-thalassemia in Greece

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-319

  Boussiou, Marina ^a   Karababa, Photini ^a   Sinopoulou, Klio ^a   Tsaftaridis, Panagiotis ^a   Plata, Eleni ^a   Loutradi Anagnostou, Aphrodite ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

globin gene mutations; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLOBINS; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 41949094269     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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