Molecular characterization of δβ-thalassemia and hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin in the Indian population

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-433

  Nadkarni, Anita ^a,b   Wadia, Marukh ^a   Gorakshakar, Ajit ^a   Kiyama, Ryoiti ^b   Colah, Roshan B ^a,c   Mohanty, Dipika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH); India; Mutations

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DELTA THALASSEMIA; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DELTA-THALASSEMIA; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249156387     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802341687     Document Type: Article

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