Evaluation of the genetic basis of phenotypic heterogeneity in north Indian patients with Thalassemia major

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-537

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Das, Reena ^a   Kaur, Jasbir ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasmina ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a   Bansal, Deepak ^a   Panigrahi, Inusha ^a   Marwaha, Ram Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia mutations; G6PD mediterranean; Xmn 1G polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77952607502     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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