Influence of α-thalassemia trait on spleen function in sickle cell anemia patients with high HbF

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Adekile, A D ^a   Tuli, M ^b   Haider, M Z ^a   Al Zaabi, K ^b   Mohannadi, S ^b   Owunwanne, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

mean corpuscular volume (MCV); splenic scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING;

AGE FACTORS; ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-GLOBULINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TECHNETIUM; TIN RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0029817635     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199609)53:1<1::AID-AJH1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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