Genotype and phenotype characterizations in a large cohort of β-thalassemia heterozygote with different forms of β-thalassemia in northeast Thailand

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-124

  Yamsri, Supawadee ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Sae ung, Nattaya ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Hemoglobin A2; Hemoglobin F; Northeast Thailand

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

EID: 79960842778     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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