Pathobiology of thalassemic erythrocytes

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-78

  Schrier, Stanley L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; SYNAPSIN II;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; APOPTOSIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0030908559     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00062752-199704020-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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