Genetic modifiers of the β-haemoglobinopathies

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Thein, Swee Lay ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Genome wide association study; Quantitative trait loci; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STROKE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 42049105635     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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