Frequency of background and radiation-induced apoptosis in leukocytes of individuals with α-thalassemia variants, assessed by the neutral comet assay

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 247-257

  Tarang, Alireza ^a   Mozdarani, Hossein ^a   Akbari, Mohamad T ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal) variants; Apoptosis; Comet assay; Leukocytes; Radiation

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; APOPTOSIS; COMET ASSAY; GAMMA RAYS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN H; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849128223     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260903039586     Document Type: Article

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