Severity ranking of non-deletional alpha thalassemic alleles: Insights from an Omani family study

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 507-511

  Wali, Yasser ^a   Zadjali, Shoaib Al ^a   Elshinawy, Mohamed ^a   Beshlawi, Ismail ^a   Fawaz, Naglaa ^a   Alkindi, Salam ^a   Rawas, Abdulhakim ^a   Alsinani, Siham ^a   Daar, Shahina ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alleles; Alpha thalassemia; Genetics; Non deletional mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLOBIN GENE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OMAN; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 79956003658     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2011.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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