Five α globin chain variants identified during screening for haemoglobinopathies

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-232

  Nair, S ^a   Nadkarni, A ^a   Warang, P ^a   Bhave, A ^b   Ghosh, K ^a   Colah, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

chain variants; Hb J Meerut; Hb J Paris I; Hb Jackson; Hb O Indonesia; Hb Sun Prairie; India

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649221786     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02252.x     Document Type: Article

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