A new α 0-thalassemia deletion found in a Dutch family (- AW)

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-135

  Phylipsen, Marion ^a   Vogelaar, Ingrid P ^a   Schaap, Rianne A C ^a   Arkesteijn, Sandra G J ^a   Boxma, George L ^b   van Helden, Willem C H ^c   Wildschut, Irene C M ^b   de Bruin Roest, Andrea C ^b   Giordano, Piero C ^a   Harteveld, Cornelis L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b General Practitioner   (Netherlands)

^c T Lange Land Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breakpoint characterization; Deletion; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77955276649     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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