Molecular spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in Northwestern Iran

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Hosseinpour Feizi, Mohammad A ^a   Hosseinpour Feizi, Abbas A ^b   Pouladi, Nasser ^c   Haghi, Mehdi ^a   Azarfam, Parvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AZARBAIJAN SHAHID MADANI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Azerbaijan; Iran; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 45849104275     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802004145     Document Type: Article

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