Observations on the relationship between γ-globin chain content and globin chain precipitation in thalassaemic erythroblasts and on the composition of erythroblastic inclusions in HbE/β-thalassaemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 305-309

  Wickramasinghe, S N ^a   Lee, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythroblasts; Inclusions; Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry; thalassaemia; chain content

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RETICULOCYTE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030733896     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1997.tb01691.x     Document Type: Article

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