Identification of candidate genes involved in clinical variability among Tunisian patients with β-thalassemia

Gene

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-172

  Mejri, Awatef ^a   Siala, Hajer ^a   Ouali, Faida ^a   Bibi, Amina ^a   Messaoud, Taieb ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Clinical expression variation; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864499678     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.06.078     Document Type: Article

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