Frequency of α-globin gene triplications and their interaction with β-thalassemia mutations

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Giordano, Piero C ^a,b   Bakker Verwij, Margaretha ^a   Harteveld, Cornelis L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Leiden University Medical Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

triplications; thalassemia; Frequency; Hb a2,

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67449098138     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260902827684     Document Type: Article

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