Molecular characterization of thalassemia intermedia, due to co-inheritance of homozygous alpha triplication and IVSI-5 β-thalassemia

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-160

  Fallah, Mohammad Sadegh ^a,d   Zadeh Vakili, Azita ^b   Aleyasin, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Mahdian, Reza ^c   Karimipour, Moretza ^c   Raeisi, Marzieh ^d   Jamali, Somayeh ^c   Ebrahimi, Ahmad ^a   Fooladi, Panti ^d   Naderi, Majid ^e   Baysal, Erol ^f   Zeinali, Sirous ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center   (Iran)

^e ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Dept of Pediatrics and Genetics   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRAN; LETTER; MICROCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 68049085575     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.05.006     Document Type: Letter

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