Molecular characterization of β-thalassemia intermedia: A report from Iran

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4321-4326

  Arab, Aida ^a   Karimipoor, Morteza ^a   Rajabi, Ali ^a,b   Hamid, Mohammad ^a   Arjmandi, Sedeigheh ^c   Zeinali, Sirous ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

globin gene mutation; thalassemia; Genotype phenotype correlation; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA GLOBIN GENE; ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRAN; IRANIAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; XMNI GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052481684     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0557-5     Document Type: Article

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