Beta-globin gene mutations in turkish children with beta-thalassemia: Results from a single center study

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Fettah, Ali ^a   Bayram, Cengiz ^a   Yarali, Nese ^a   Isik, Pamir ^a   Kara, Abdurrahman ^a   Culha, Vildan ^a   Tunc, Bahattin ^a  

^a Ankara Children's Hematology Oncology Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN; THYMINE; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CODON; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TURKISH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; TURK (PEOPLE); TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84890474017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2013.055     Document Type: Article

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