Article
Multicenter study of the molecular basis of thalassemia intermedia in different ethnic populations.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2007
Verma Ishwar C, Kleanthous Marina, Saxena Renu, Fucharoen Suthat, Winichagoon Pranee, Raizuddin Sheikh, Khan Shaheen N, Akbari Mohammad T, Izadyar Mina, Kotea Navratnam, Old John M, Ioannou Panayiotis A, Khan Baldip
Abstract excerpt
We studied 325 thalassemia intermedia patients from Iran, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Mauritius and Cyprus to examine factors which influence the phenotype. The beta-thalassemia (thal) mutations were determined for 219 beta-thal/beta-thal and 106 beta-thal/Hb E [beta26(B8)Glu-->Lys, GAG-->AAG] tha...
Topics
- Ethnicity
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- alpha-Thalassemia
- beta-Thalassemia
