δ0-Thalassemia in cis of βKnossos globin gene: First homozygous description in Thalassemia intermedia libyans and first combination with codon 39 (C → T) in Thalassemia intermedia Tunisian patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1743-1748

  Sahli, Chaima Abdelhafidh ^a   Bibi, Amina ^a   Ouali, Faida ^a   Siala, Hajer ^a   Fredj, Sondess Hadj ^a   Othmani, Rym ^a   Ouenniche, Fekria ^a   Cheour, Mondher ^a   Fitouri, Zohra ^a   Becher, Saida Ben ^a   Messaoud, Taieb ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

thalassemia; thalassemia; Hemoglobin knossos; North Africa; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN KNOSSOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; DELTA THALASSEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; DELTA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84867793419     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0102     Document Type: Article

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