Composition of the intra-erythroblastic precipitates in thalassaemia and congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia (CDA): Identification of a new type of CDA with intra-erythroblastic precipitates not reacting with monoclonal antibodies to α- and β-globin chains

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 576-585

  Wickramasinghe, S N ^a   Lee, M J ^a   Furukawa, T ^b   Eguchi, M ^b   Reid, C D L ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia; Immunoelectron microscopy; Intra erythroblastic inclusions; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL INCLUSION; ERYTHROBLAST; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, DYSERYTHROPOIETIC, CONGENITAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0029995645     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1693.x     Document Type: Article

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