Mutations in the paralogous human α-globin genes yielding identical hemoglobin variants

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-543

  Moradkhani, Kamran ^a   Préhu, Claude ^a,b   Old, John ^c   Henderson, Shirley ^c   Balamitsa, Vera ^d   Luo, Hong Yuan ^e   Poon, Man Chiu ^f   Chui, David H K ^e   Wajcman, Henri ^a,b   Patrinos, George P ^g  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Trikala General Hospital   (Greece)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Globin genes; Gene conversion; Hemoglobin variants; Mutations; Paralogues

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GLOBIN GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67651031547     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0624-3     Document Type: Article

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