Thalassaemia

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9813, 2012, Pages 373-383

  Higgs, Douglas R ^a   Engel, James Douglas ^b   Stamatoyannopoulos, George ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; BETA GLOBIN; BUTYRIC ACID; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; HYDROXYUREA; IRON CHELATING AGENT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84856404655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60283-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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