New and known β-thalassemia determinants masked by known and new δ gene defects [Hb A2-ramallah or δ6(A3)Glu→Gln, GAG>>CAG]

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 445-450

  Phylipsen, Marion ^a   Harteveld, Cornelis L ^a   Metz, Menno De ^b   Gallivan, Monica V E ^c   Arkesteijn, Sandra G J ^a   Luo, Hong Yuan ^d   Chui, David H K ^d   Giordano, Piero C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GAG>CAG (); Hb A2 Ramallah 6(A3)Glu Gln; Thalassemia mutations

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DELTA-GLOBINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 77956897748     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2010.511591     Document Type: Article

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