Hb Koya Dora [α142, Term→Ser (TAA>TCA in α2)]: A rare mutation of the α2 gene stop codon associated with α-Thalassemia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-405

  Brennan, Stephen O ^a,b   Ryken, Sheila ^c   Chan, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c Special Haematology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Hb Koya Dora; Hemoglobin (Hb) mutation; Mass spectrometry (MS)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN KOYA DORA; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STOP CODON;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CODON, TERMINATOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 77954843771     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2010.486344     Document Type: Article

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