Hemoglobin Kenya composed of α- and (Aγβ)- fusion-globin chains, associated with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-58

  Wilcox, Ibifiri ^a   Boettger, Kevin ^a   Greene, Lance ^a   Malek, Anita ^a   Davis, Lance ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^b   Luo, Hong Yuan ^a,b   Chui, David H K ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALPHA CHAIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DISEASE; CROSSING OVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICS; GLOBIN GENE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KENYA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

BETA-GLOBINS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GAMMA-GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 58149478513     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21308     Document Type: Review

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