Variation and heritability of Hb F and F-cells among β-thalassemia heterozygotes in Hong Kong

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 458-464

  Gibney, Geoffrey T ^a   Panhuysen, Carolien I M ^a   So, Jason C C ^b   Ma, Edmond S K ^b   Shau, Yin Ha ^b   Chi, Kong Li ^c   Lee, Anselm C W ^d   Chi, Keune Li ^e   Hui, Leung Yuen ^f   Yu, Lung Lau ^b   Johnson, David M ^a   Farrell, John J ^a   Bisbee, Alice B ^g   Farrer, Lindsay A ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^a   Li, Chong Chan ^b   Chui, David H K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL STRAIN F; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TARGETING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLOBIN GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; XMN 1 GENE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 44349152295     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21150     Document Type: Article

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