Delayed fetal hemoglobin switching in subjects with KLF1 gene mutation

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-24

  Satta, Stefania ^a   Perseu, Lucia ^b   Maccioni, Liliana ^a   Giagu, Nicolina ^c   Galanello, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal hemoglobin; Fetal switching; HbF; KLF1

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID CELL; GAMMA GLOBIN GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN SWITCHING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KLF1 GENE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855199858     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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