Clinical, hematologic and molecular variability of sickle cell-β thalassemia in western India

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Mukherjee, Malay B ^a   Nadkarni, Anita H ^a   Gorakshakar, Ajit C ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

clinical; framework; HbS thalassemia; India; mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA;

EID: 78650080905     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 1998362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.73410     Document Type: Article

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