Alpha Thalassaemia and extended alpha globin genes in Sri Lanka

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Suresh, Sasikala ^a   Fisher, Christopher ^b   Ayyub, Helena ^b   Premawardhena, Anuja ^c   Allen, Angela ^b,d   Perera, Ashok ^e   Bandara, Dayananda ^e   Olivieri, Nancy ^f   Weatherall, David ^b  

^a National Cancer Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e District Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Thalassaemia; Ethnic minority; Extended gene arrangements; HbE thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALPHA GLOBIN GENE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYADENYLATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84871940456     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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