Hb D-Los Angeles [beta121(GH4)Glu>Gln] and Hb Beograd [beta121(GH4)Glu>Val]: Implications for their laboratory diagnosis and genetic origins

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Bahadir, Anzel ^a   Köseler, Aylin ^a   Atalay, Ayfer ^a   Koyuncu, Hasan ^b   Akar, Ece ^c   Akar, Nejat ^c   Atalay, Erol Ömer ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic origin; Hb Beograd; Hb D Los Angeles; Laboratory diagnosis; Premarital diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BEOGRAD; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FAMILY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 66949125857     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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