Molecular basis of thalassemia intermedia in Iran

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-470

  Akbari, Mohammad T ^a,b   Izadi, Pantea ^c   Izadyar, Mina ^d   Kyriacou, Kyriacou ^e   Kleanthous, Marina ^e  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Tehran Medical Genetics Laboratory   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Iranian patients; Molecular basis; Thalassemia intermedia; XmnI polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HERITABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249084892     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802341851     Document Type: Article

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