Regional heterogeneity of β-thalassemia mutations in the multi ethnic Indian population

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-246

  Colah, Roshan ^a   Gorakshakar, Ajit ^a   Nadkarni, Anita ^a   Phanasgaonkar, Supriya ^a   Surve, Reema ^a   Sawant, Pratibha ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; India; Spectrum of mutations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ASIA; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION; PAKISTAN;

EID: 64849083131     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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