Changes in hematological parameters in α-thalassemia individuals co-inherited with erythroid Krüppel-like factor mutations

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-61

  Yu, L H ^a   Liu, D ^a   Cai, R ^b   Shang, X ^a   Zhang, X H ^c   Ma, X X ^a   Yan, S H ^d   Fang, P ^a   Zheng, C G ^e   Wei, X F ^a   Liu, Y H ^f   Zhou, T B ^g   Xu, X M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Care Service Hospital of Liuzhou   (China)

^c The 303rd Hospital of PLA   (China)

^d Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Qinzhou   (China)

^e Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Women and Children Care Hospital   (China)

^f Dongguan Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^g Yunnan Women and Children Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical severity; Erythroid Kr ppel like factor; Genetic modifier; Red blood phenotype; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; INFANT; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930413207     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12443     Document Type: Article

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