Mutation spectrum of β-Thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies in Chittagong, Southeast Bangladesh

Hemoglobin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 389-392

  Chatterjee, Tridip ^a,b   Chakravarty, Amit ^a   Chakravarty, Sudipa ^b,c   Chowdhury, Mahmood Ahmed ^d   Sultana, Razia ^d  

^a Institute of Genetic Medicine and Genomic Science   (India)

^b Institute of Genetic Engineering   (India)

^c Thalassaemia Foundation   (India)

^d Thalassaemia Welfare Centre Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMS PCR); Hb A2 E; Hb E thalassemia (Hb E thal); mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH); mean corpuscular volume (MCV); globin mutations; thalassemia ( thal)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BETA THALASSEMIA; CODON; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; MALE; MUTATION;

ALLELES; BANGLADESH; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 84945472105     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2015.1078810     Document Type: Article

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