Association between clinical expression and molecular heterogeneity in b-thalassemia Tunisian patients

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6205-6212

  Jouini, L ^a   Sahli, C A ^a   Laaouini, N ^a   Ouali, F ^a   Ben Youssef, I ^a   Dakhlaoui, B ^a   Othmeni, R ^a   Ouennich, F ^a   Hadj Fredj, S ^a   Siala, H ^a   Becher, M ^a   Toumi, N E ^a   Fattoum, S ^a   Hafsia, R ^a   Bibi, A ^a   Messaoud, T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Thalassemia intermedia; Thalassemia major; Haplotypes; Hemoglobinopathies; Mutations; XmnI polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILENCER GENE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892771920     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2732-y     Document Type: Article

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