α-globin gene quadruplication and heterozygous β-thalassemia: A not so rare cause of thalassemia intermedia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 162-164

  Origa, Raffaella ^a   Sollaino, Maria Carla ^a   Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^b   Piga, Antonio ^c   Feliu Torres, Aurora ^d   Masile, Valentina ^a   Galanello, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 16; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GLOBIN GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ARGENTINA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897398819     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353410     Document Type: Article

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